Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 25, 2022 (Transamerica Life Insurance Company).
Term ends Oct 28, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 28, 2029
Held by Micatu Inc.
Filed Sep 14, 2015 as application 14/853,395 · Granted May 17, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Oct 28, 2009
Oct 28, 2009
Term ends
Oct 28, 2029
Oct 28, 2029
Granted
May 17, 2016
May 17, 2016
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
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. 2 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 Oct 28, 2009, when application 12/607,954, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 14, 2015) | Oct 28, 2029 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 28, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,076,925 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 8,395,372 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 9,134,344 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 9,535,097 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 9,341,653 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 9,817,038 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 10,006,944 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
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 31, 2016 Reel 38152, frame 8 | Optisense Network, LLC | Gridview Optical Solutions, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 8, 2021 Reel 54940, frame 803 | Micatu Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Feb 19, 2021 Reel 55328, frame 714 | Gridview Optical Solutions, LLC; Micatu Inc. | Micatu Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Jan 25, 2022 Reel 58838, frame 781 | Micatu Inc. | Transamerica Life Insurance Company | Security Interest |
| Jan 9, 2023 Reel 62312, frame 124 | Silicon Valley Bank | Micatu Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 28, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
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