Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 5, 2022 (Venture Lending & Leasing IX, Inc.).
Term ends Dec 19, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 19, 2028
Held by Quantcast Corporation
Filed Mar 28, 2012 as application 13/433,121 · Granted Oct 15, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Dec 19, 2008
Dec 19, 2008
Term ends
Dec 19, 2028
Dec 19, 2028
Granted
Oct 15, 2013
Oct 15, 2013
base term
fee events
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,185,931, to Dec 19, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
3 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.
9
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. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Dec 19, 2008, when application 12/340,259, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 28, 2012) | Dec 19, 2028 | 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 8,185,931) | resolves to Dec 19, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 19, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,185,931 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 8,561,133 | this patent Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 8,839,355 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 9,137,266 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 9,477,840 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 9,794,296 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 10,033,768 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 10,440,061 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
8 of 9 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 28, 2012 Reel 27951, frame 52 | Reeves, Damian John, MR. | Quantcast Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 10, 2013 Reel 30772, frame 488 | Quantcast Corporation | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Oct 18, 2013 Reel 31438, frame 474 | Quantcast Corporation | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 18, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Quantcast Corporation | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 18, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Quantcast Corporation | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jun 26, 2015 Reel 36020, frame 721 | Quantcast Corporation | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 7, 2018 Reel 46733, frame 305 | Quantcast Corporation | Triplepoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. | Security Interest |
| Mar 15, 2021 Reel 55599, frame 282 | Triplepoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. | Quantcast Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| May 6, 2021 Reel 56159, frame 702 | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Quantcast Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 30, 2021 Reel 57677, frame 297 | Quantcast Corporation | Bank of America, N.A., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 30, 2021 Reel 57678, frame 832 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Quantcst Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 5, 2022 Reel 62066, frame 265 | Quantcast Corporation | Venture Lending & Leasing IX, Inc.; Wti Fund X, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Dec 5, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Quantcast Corporation | Venture Lending & Leasing IX, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Dec 5, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Quantcast Corporation | Wti Fund X, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Jun 18, 2024 Reel 67777, frame 613 | Quantcast Corporation | Crystal Financial LLC D/B/A SLR Credit Solutions | Security Interest |
| Jun 21, 2024 Reel 67807, frame 17 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Quantcast Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2028
Term ends Dec 19, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,185,931, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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