Term ends Apr 7, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 7, 2036
Held by Oeconnection LLC
Filed Jul 11, 2017 as application 15/646,834 · Granted Feb 27, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Apr 7, 2016
Apr 7, 2016
Term ends
Apr 7, 2036
Apr 7, 2036
Granted
Feb 27, 2018
Feb 27, 2018
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 9,747,481, US 9,842,238, to Apr 7, 2036. 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.
17
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 Apr 7, 2016, when application 15/093,057, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 11, 2017) | Apr 7, 2036 | 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 9,747,481, US 9,842,238) | resolves to Apr 7, 2036, 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 | Apr 7, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,615,441 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| Application 14/032,932 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,747,481 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 9,904,829 | this patent Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 9,842,238 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 9,904,910 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 10,140,488 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 10,108,831 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
8 of 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2017 Reel 44022, frame 161 | Bondarenko, Igor; Morman, Scott; Folk, Mike; Lopez, Guillermo; Truman, Sarah; Golden, Katherine | Oeconnection LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 25, 2019 Reel 50490, frame 601 | Oeconnection LLC | Antares Capital LP, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 26, 2019 Reel 50494, frame 775 | Oeconnection LLC | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 22, 2024 Reel 67183, frame 132 | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Oeconnection LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 23, 2024 Reel 67189, frame 495 | Oeconnection LLC | Antares Capital LP, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 23, 2024 Reel 67190, frame 91 | Antares Capital LP, as Agent | Oeconnection LLC | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Patents at R/F 050490/0601 |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2036
Term ends Apr 7, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,747,481, US 9,842,238, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2018 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.