Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 31, 2024 (Wilmington Trust, National Association).
Term ends Feb 15, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 28, 2030
Held by Sandbox Enterprises, LLC
Filed Oct 16, 2014 as application 14/516,292 · Granted Apr 11, 2017
Base term plus 110 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Oct 28, 2010
Oct 28, 2010
Term ends
Feb 15, 2031
Feb 15, 2031
Granted
Apr 11, 2017
Apr 11, 2017
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
110
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.
12
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 110 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 28, 2010, when application 12/914,075, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 16, 2014) | Oct 28, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +110 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 15, 2031 | 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 15, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,616,370 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 8,887,914 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2011/056728 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,617,065 | this patent Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 9,988,182 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,758,993 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,783,338 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,796,504 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2014 Reel 33990, frame 321 | Nu-Way Industries, Inc. | Arrows Up, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 21, 2014 Reel 33990, frame 338 | Allegretti, C. John; Raso, Anthony M.; Just, Lyndon | Arrows Up, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 2, 2016 Reel 39624, frame 144 | Arrows Up, Inc. | Arrows Up, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 6, 2018 Reel 44839, frame 267 | Arrows Up, LLC | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Apr 24, 2018 Reel 46014, frame 190 | Arrows Up, LLC | Pnc Bank, National Association | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Address Previously Recorded at Reel: 044839 Frame: 0267. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement. |
| May 14, 2018 Reel 46148, frame 1 | Arrows Up, LLC | Pnc Bank, National Association | Amended and Restated Patent Security Agreement |
| Jul 15, 2019 Reel 49748, frame 956 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Arrows Up, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Mar 12, 2020 Reel 52157, frame 915 | Arrows Up, LLC | Sandbox Logistics, LLC | IP Assignment Agreement |
| Oct 28, 2020 Reel 54303, frame 548 | Sandbox Logistics, LLC | Sandbox Enterprises, LLC | IP Assignment Agreement |
| Jul 31, 2024 Reel 68236, frame 81 | Sandbox Enterprises, LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (First Lien) |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2031
Term ends Feb 15, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 110 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
105
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2017 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.