Collateral for a security interest recorded May 28, 2019 (Pinnacle Ventures, L.L.C.).
Term ends Aug 10, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 10, 2035
Held by Tile, Inc.
Filed Nov 10, 2016 as application 15/348,822 · Granted Sep 12, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Aug 10, 2015
Aug 10, 2015
Term ends
Aug 10, 2035
Aug 10, 2035
Granted
Sep 12, 2017
Sep 12, 2017
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,525,970, to Aug 10, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
22
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Aug 10, 2015, when application 14/822,576, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 10, 2016) | Aug 10, 2035 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,525,970) | resolves to Aug 10, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Aug 10, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,525,970 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| US 9,525,969 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| US 9,654,916 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2015/054506 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,973,893 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| US 9,763,038 | this patent Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| US 9,749,791 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| US 9,973,890 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
8 of 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2017 Reel 41364, frame 553 | Farley, Michael George; Evans, Nicholas George | Tile, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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
Aug 2035
Term ends Aug 10, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,525,970, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.