Collateral for a security interest recorded May 28, 2019 (Pinnacle Ventures, L.L.C.).
Term ends Nov 23, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 22, 2033
Held by Tile, Inc.
Filed Jan 29, 2014 as application 14/167,960 · Granted May 31, 2016
Base term plus 32 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Oct 22, 2013
Oct 22, 2013
Term ends
Nov 23, 2033
Nov 23, 2033
Granted
May 31, 2016
May 31, 2016
base term
patent term adjustment
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
32
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
14
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 32 days past its 20-year base term on 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 22, 2013, when application 29/470,567, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 29, 2014) | Oct 22, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +32 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 23, 2033 | 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 | Nov 23, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US D723,957 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 9,357,348 | this patent Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
| US D748,507 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 9,699,612 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 9,615,210 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 9,961,498 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 10,271,171 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 10,469,991 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2014 Reel 32102, frame 906 | Evans, Nicholas George; Farley, Michael George | Reveal Labs, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 17, 2014 Reel 33358, frame 520 | Reveal Labs, Inc. | Tile, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 13, 2017 Reel 43001, frame 204 | Tile, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| May 28, 2019 Reel 49292, frame 312 | Tile, Inc. | Pinnacle Ventures, L.L.C., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 15, 2020 Reel 53797, frame 16 | Tile, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrectly Identified Patent Application Number 15430056 to Properly Reflect Patent Application Number 15439056 Previously Recorded on Reel 043001 Frame 0204. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Sep 15, 2020 Reel 53797, frame 50 | Tile, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrectly Identified Patent Application Number 15430056 to Properly Reflect Patent Application Number 15439056 Previously Recorded on Reel 043001 Frame 0082. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement. |
| Sep 2, 2021 Reel 57650, frame 820 | Silicon Valley Bank | Tile, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 28, 2021 Reel 57633, frame 569 | Tile, Inc. | Capital IP Investment Partners LLC as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 10, 2022 Reel 58671, frame 383 | Capital IP Investment Partners LLC | Tile, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2033
Term ends Nov 23, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 32 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
203
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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