Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 13, 2026 (First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company).
Term ends May 31, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 31, 2038
Held by Harness Inc.
Filed Jul 20, 2022 as application 17/869,742 · Granted Aug 20, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018
Term ends
May 31, 2038
May 31, 2038
Granted
Aug 20, 2024
Aug 20, 2024
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,740,470, to May 31, 2038. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
4
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 31, 2018, when application 15/994,076, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 20, 2022) | May 31, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,740,470) | resolves to May 31, 2038, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | May 31, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,740,470 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 11,436,337 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 12,067,126 | this patent May 2038 | May 2038 |
| Application 18/769,597 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2024 Reel 68037, frame 956 | Ionescu, Vlad A.; Conikee, Chetan; Gupta, Manish; Yamaguchi, Fabian | Shiftleft Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 26, 2026 Reel 74196, frame 845 | Shiftleft, Inc. | Harness Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 13, 2026 Reel 76210, frame 42 | Harness Inc. | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2038
Term ends May 31, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,740,470, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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