Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 10, 2017 (Ares Ventrue Finance, L.P.).
Term ends Dec 27, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 22, 2033
Held by Zocdoc, Inc.
Filed Oct 22, 2013 as application 14/059,957 · Granted Jul 11, 2017
Base term plus 431 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2034
Clock starts
Oct 22, 2013
Oct 22, 2013
Term ends
Dec 27, 2034
Dec 27, 2034
Granted
Jul 11, 2017
Jul 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
431
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.
8
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 431 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 this application, 14/059,957, was filed | Oct 22, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +431 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 27, 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 | Dec 27, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,704,208 | this patent Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2014/061343 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,685,413 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 11,501,221 | In force no later than May 2034 | no later than May 2034 |
| US 11,755,969 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 12,079,744 | In force no later than Oct 2033 | no later than Oct 2033 |
| US 12,475,414 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| Application 19/366,800 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2013 Reel 31628, frame 957 | Kharraz Tavakol, Oliver D. | Zocdoc, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 16, 2014 Reel 32070, frame 484 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 16, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Zocdoc, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 16, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Zocdoc, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Apr 13, 2015 Reel 35412, frame 1 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Mar 28, 2017 Reel 41763, frame 860 | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Zocdoc, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 10, 2017 Reel 41940, frame 134 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Ares Ventrue Finance, L.p. | Security Interest |
| Nov 13, 2017 Reel 44429, frame 843 | Ares Venture Finance, L.p. | Bearcub Acquisitions LLC | Assignment of IP Security Agreement |
| Aug 1, 2018 Reel 46531, frame 192 | Zodoc, Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 18, 2019 Reel 48624, frame 798 | Zocdoc, Inc. | FP CP I (Cayman), L.P. | Security Interest |
| Mar 22, 2019 Reel 48676, frame 793 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 046531 Frame: 0192. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Mar 19, 2020 Reel 52169, frame 668 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Jun 2, 2020 Reel 52808, frame 54 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Amended and Restated Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Feb 2, 2021 Reel 55118, frame 300 | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent (as Successor in Interest to Bearcub Acquisitions LLC, as Successor in Interest to Ares Venture Finance, L.P.) | Zocdoc, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 2, 2021 Reel 55205, frame 232 | FP CP I (Cayman), L.P. | Zocdoc, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Feb 2, 2021 Reel 55206, frame 13 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Feb 2, 2021 Reel 55206, frame 315 | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Zocdoc, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Feb 4, 2021 Reel 55147, frame 324 | Silicon Valley Bank | Zocdoc, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 21, 2024 Reel 67473, frame 648 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| May 21, 2024 Reel 67485, frame 94 | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Zocdoc, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2034
Term ends Dec 27, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 431 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
25
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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