Term ends Aug 31, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 31, 2037
Held by Nextnav, LLC
Filed Dec 14, 2023 as application 18/539,991 · Granted Feb 18, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Aug 31, 2017
Aug 31, 2017
Term ends
Aug 31, 2037
Aug 31, 2037
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Feb 18, 2025
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
6
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. 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 Aug 31, 2017, when application 15/692,142, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 14, 2023) | Aug 31, 2037 | 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 | 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 | Aug 31, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,514,258 | In force Feb 2038 | Feb 2038 |
| US 11,199,406 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 11,892,295 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 11,761,765 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 12,038,280 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 12,228,402 | this patent Aug 2037 | Aug 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2023 Reel 65883, frame 944 | Dormody, Michael; Pattabiraman, Ganesh; Kumar, Abijith; Wolf, Thomas; Parsons, Gary; Gates, Christian; Joseph, Deepak; Nagarajan, Badrinath | Nextnav, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 1, 2025 Reel 70691, frame 909 | Nextnav Inc.; Nextnav Holdings, LLC; Nextnav Intermediate Holdco, LLC; Progeny LMS, LLC; Commlabs, Inc. | Glas Trust Company LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 24, 2026 Reel 76062, frame 701 | Glas Trust Company LLC | Nextnav Inc.; Nextnav Holdings, LLC; Nextnav Intermediate Holdco, LLC; Progeny LMS, LLC; Commlabs, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2037
Term ends Aug 31, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
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