Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 18, 2021 (Jefferies Finance LLC).
Term ends Feb 10, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 1, 2033
Held by 1A Smart Start, Inc.
Filed Jul 1, 2013 as application 13/932,804 · Granted Sep 13, 2016
Base term plus 224 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2034
Clock starts
Jul 1, 2013
Jul 1, 2013
Term ends
Feb 10, 2034
Feb 10, 2034
Granted
Sep 13, 2016
Sep 13, 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
224
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.
2
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 224 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 Jul 1, 2013, when this application, 13/932,804, was filed | Jul 1, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +224 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 10, 2034 | 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 | Feb 10, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,442,103 | this patent Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2014/024631 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2013 Reel 30722, frame 921 | Goad, Richard | 1A Smart Start, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 21, 2015 Reel 36389, frame 531 | Ia Smart Start LLC | Bnp Paribas, As Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2015 Reel 36485, frame 40 | 1A Smart Start, Inc. | 1A Smart Start, Inc. | Entity Conversion |
| Aug 27, 2015 Reel 36485, frame 45 | 1A Smart Start, Inc. | 1A Smart Start LLC | Entity Conversion |
| Sep 11, 2015 Reel 36540, frame 219 | 1A Smart Start LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Security Interest |
| Mar 27, 2017 Reel 41751, frame 548 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | 1A Smart Start LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 22, 2017 Reel 44473, frame 894 | 1A Smart Start LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Security Interest |
| Aug 20, 2020 Reel 54153, frame 889 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | 1A Smart Start LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jun 3, 2021 Reel 56468, frame 8 | 1A Smart Start LLC | Barings Finance LLC, as Administrative Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 17, 2021 Reel 58424, frame 581 | BNP Paribas | 1A Smart Start LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 17, 2021 Reel 58566, frame 631 | Barings Finance LLC | 1A Smart Start LLC | Termination and Release of Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 18, 2021 Reel 58548, frame 299 | 1A Smart Start LLC | Jefferies Finance LLC | Security Interest (Second Lien) |
| Dec 18, 2021 Reel 58548, frame 316 | 1A Smart Start LLC | Jefferies Finance LLC | Security Interest (First Lien) |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2034
Term ends Feb 10, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 224 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
42
later US patents cite this one
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