Term ends Sep 17, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 27, 2036
Held by Plae Co.
Filed Oct 27, 2016 as application 15/336,094 · Granted Nov 14, 2023
Base term plus 690 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2038
Clock starts
Oct 27, 2016
Oct 27, 2016
Term ends
Sep 17, 2038
Sep 17, 2038
Granted
Nov 14, 2023
Nov 14, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
690
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
2
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 690 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 27, 2016, when this application, 15/336,094, was filed | Oct 27, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +690 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 17, 2038 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 17, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,812,824 | this patent Sep 2038 | Sep 2038 |
| US 12,714,204 | In force Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2017 Reel 41153, frame 860 | Ringholz, Ryan; Lin, Hung-chia | Plae, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 23, 2017 Reel 42963, frame 28 | Plae, Inc. | Avidbank | Security Interest |
| Feb 8, 2018 Reel 45294, frame 45 | Plae, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Feb 8, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Plae, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Feb 8, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Plae, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Sep 26, 2018 Reel 47155, frame 394 | Plae, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Sep 26, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Plae, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Sep 26, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Plae, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Jan 22, 2019 Reel 48106, frame 312 | Plae, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct 15336097 Previously Recorded at Reel: 045294 Frame: 0045. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Jan 22, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Plae, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct 15336097 Previously Recorded at Reel: 045294 Frame: 0045. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Jan 22, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Plae, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct 15336097 Previously Recorded at Reel: 045294 Frame: 0045. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Aug 10, 2019 Reel 50019, frame 783 | Plae, Inc. | Avidbank | Security Interest |
| Dec 31, 2019 Reel 51455, frame 982 | Avidbank | Plae, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2020 Reel 53392, frame 623 | Plae, Inc. | Finiks, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 10, 2021 Reel 57579, frame 516 | Finiks, Inc. | Plae Co. | Change of Name |
| Dec 21, 2023 Reel 66090, frame 419 | Finiks, Inc. | Plae Co. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the "4348" Missing from Assignee Street Address Previously Recorded at Reel: 057579 Frame: 0516. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
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What's changing
Sep 2038
Term ends Sep 17, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 690 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
14
later US patents cite this one
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