Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 3, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Sep 1, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 11, 2035
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Ecoatm, LLC
Filed Aug 3, 2021 as application 17/393,168 · Granted Feb 3, 2026
Base term plus 265 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2036
Clock starts
Dec 11, 2015
Dec 11, 2015
Term ends
Sep 1, 2036
Sep 1, 2036
Granted
Feb 3, 2026
Feb 3, 2026
base term
patent term adjustment
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
265
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 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.
13
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 265 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Dec 11, 2015, when application 14/967,183, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 3, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 11, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +265 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 1, 2036 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 1, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,417,615 | In force Dec 2037 | Dec 2037 |
| US 10,860,990 | In force Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
| Application 14/967,183 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,080,672 | In force Dec 2037 | Dec 2037 |
| US 11,436,570 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| US 11,315,093 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| Application 17/086,357 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US 12,541,745 | this patent Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
8 of 13 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2022 Reel 59287, frame 930 | Beane, John; Forutanpour, Babak | Ecoatm, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 16, 2022 Reel 59909, frame 144 | Ecoatm, Inc. | Ecoatm, LLC | Change of Name |
| Mar 3, 2025 Reel 70765, frame 868 | Ecoatm, LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2036
Term ends Sep 1, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 265 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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