Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 23, 2020 (Sino Xin Ji Limited).
Term ends Aug 8, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 8, 2032
Held by Kateeva, Inc.
Filed May 15, 2017 as application 15/594,856 · Granted Jul 24, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Aug 8, 2012
Aug 8, 2012
Term ends
Aug 8, 2032
Aug 8, 2032
Granted
Jul 24, 2018
Jul 24, 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 9,656,491, to Aug 8, 2032. 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.
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 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 8, 2012, when application 13/570,154, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 15, 2017) | Aug 8, 2032 | 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 9,656,491) | resolves to Aug 8, 2032, 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 8, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,120,344 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 |
| Application PCT/US2013/063128 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,302,513 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 9,550,383 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 9,789,715 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 9,656,491 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 10,029,497 | this patent Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| Application 16/040,138 | Abandoned 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2017 Reel 42376, frame 642 | Lowrance, Robert B.; Miller, Michael; Somekh, Sass; Madigan, Conor; Birang, Manoocher; Vronsky, Eliyahu | Kateeva, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 4, 2019 Reel 48806, frame 639 | Kateeva, Inc. | East West Bank | Security Interest |
| Jan 22, 2020 Reel 51664, frame 802 | East West Bank, a California Banking Corporation | Kateeva, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 23, 2020 Reel 51682, frame 212 | Kateeva, Inc. | Sino Xin Ji Limited | Security Agreement |
| Mar 17, 2022 Reel 59382, frame 53 | Kateeva, Inc.; Kateeva Cayman Holding, Inc. | Sino Xin Ji Limited | Security Interest |
| Apr 19, 2022 Reel 59727, frame 111 | Kateeva Cayman Holding, Inc. | HB Solution Co., Ltd. | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2032
Term ends Aug 8, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,656,491, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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
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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.