Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 17, 2025 (Citizens Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Jul 12, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 8, 2035
Held by Ooma, Inc.
Filed Aug 30, 2016 as application 15/251,977 · Granted Jun 26, 2018
Base term plus 65 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
May 8, 2015
May 8, 2015
Term ends
Jul 12, 2035
Jul 12, 2035
Granted
Jun 26, 2018
Jun 26, 2018
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
65
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.
13
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 65 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 May 8, 2015, when application 14/708,132, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 30, 2016) | May 8, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +65 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 12, 2035 | 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 | Jul 12, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,521,069 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2016/030597 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,009,286 | this patent Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 9,787,611 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 9,929,981 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 10,158,584 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 10,263,918 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2017/048284 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 13 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 27, 2017 Reel 43975, frame 980 | Gillon, William M.; Lei, Hai; Farrand, Tobin E.; Bryan, David A. | Ooma, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 11, 2021 Reel 54959, frame 756 | Ooma, Inc. | Keybank National Association | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jun 9, 2023 Reel 63910, frame 866 | Keybank National Association, As Administrative Agent | Ooma, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 17, 2025 Reel 74304, frame 257 | Ooma, Inc.; Fluentstream Technologies, LLC | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Jul 2035
Term ends Jul 12, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 65 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 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.