Term ends Dec 21, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 27, 2037
Held by Rapidsos, Inc.
Filed Apr 18, 2023 as application 18/136,204 · Granted Jul 1, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Feb 27, 2017
Feb 27, 2017
Term ends
Dec 21, 2036
Dec 21, 2036
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Jul 1, 2025
base term
after the term ends
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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,419,915, US 10,771,951, US 9,986,404.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 2 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 Feb 27, 2017, when application 15/444,133, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 18, 2023) | Feb 27, 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,419,915, US 10,771,951, US 9,986,404) | capped to Dec 21, 2036 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 21, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,986,404 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 10,419,915 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 10,771,951 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 11,445,349 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 11,665,523 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 12,349,035 | this patent Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| Application 19/216,572 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2024 Reel 67137, frame 806 | Mehta, Anil; Martin, Michael John; Horelik, Nicholas Edward; Ekl, Reinhard | Rapidsos, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2036
Term ends Dec 21, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,419,915, US 10,771,951, US 9,986,404.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
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