Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 28, 2022 (Newlight Capital LLC).
Term ends Jan 28, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 18, 2036
Held by Deako, Inc.
Filed May 3, 2016 as application 15/145,624 · Granted Sep 4, 2018
Base term plus 316 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
Mar 18, 2016
Mar 18, 2016
Term ends
Jan 28, 2037
Jan 28, 2037
Granted
Sep 4, 2018
Sep 4, 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
316
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.
18
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 316 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 Mar 18, 2016, when application 15/074,915, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 3, 2016) | Mar 18, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +316 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 28, 2037 | 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 | Jan 28, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,063,002 | In force Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
| US 10,069,235 | this patent Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2016/049797 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 15/253,819 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,153,113 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 10,078,786 | In force Jun 2036 | Jun 2036 |
| US 10,741,960 | In force Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| US 10,699,131 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2018 Reel 46418, frame 329 | Blase, Dan; Kesser, Chris; Prendergast, Patrick; Richardson, Derek; Stedman, Allen | Deako, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 24, 2019 Reel 49855, frame 124 | Deako, Inc. | CP BF Lending, LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 11, 2019 Reel 50349, frame 31 | Blase, Dan; Keeser, Chris; Prendergast, Patrick; Richardson, Derek | Deako, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Second Assignor's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 046418 Frame: 0329. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment . |
| Nov 8, 2021 Reel 58287, frame 503 | Deako, Inc. | CP BF Lending, LLC | Security Interest |
| Dec 28, 2022 Reel 62223, frame 763 | Deako, Inc. | Newlight Capital LLC | Security Interest |
| Dec 30, 2022 Reel 62245, frame 514 | CP BF Lending, LLC | Deako, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 30, 2022 Reel 62245, frame 713 | CP BF Lending LLC | Deako, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 5, 2024 Reel 68186, frame 752 | Newlight Capital, LLC | Gallagher IP Solutions LLC | Security Interest |
| Oct 14, 2026 Reel 76370, frame 981 | Gallagher IP Solutions LLC | Deako, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2037
Term ends Jan 28, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 316 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
59
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.