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US 11,670,304 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 26, 2024 (Hercules Capital, Inc.).

Term ends Sep 19, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Jun 8, 2020 as application 16/895,750 · Granted Jun 6, 2023
Base term plus 424 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Sep 19, 2017
Term ends
Sep 19, 2037
Granted
Jun 6, 2023
base term Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
424
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,325,601.
0 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
7
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term runs 424 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 19, 2017, when application 15/709,290, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 8, 2020)Sep 19, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+424 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 17, 2038High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,325,601)capped to Sep 19, 2037High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 19, 2037High confidence

This family

Application 62/396,670Provisional application
no patent term
no patent term
Application PCT/US2017/052335PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,325,601In force
Sep 2037
Sep 2037
US 10,679,630In force
Sep 2037
Sep 2037
US 11,670,304this patent
Sep 2037
Sep 2037
US 12,711,960In force
Sep 2037
Sep 2037
US 12,175,983In force
Sep 2037
Sep 2037
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 8, 2020
Reel 52868, frame 993
Khoury, Elie; Garland, MatthewPindrop Security, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 31, 2023
Reel 64443, frame 584
Pindrop Security, Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Jun 26, 2024
Reel 67867, frame 860
Pindrop Security, Inc.Hercules Capital, Inc., as AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 26, 2024
Reel 69477, frame 962
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentPindrop Security, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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