Term ends Sep 29, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 11, 2036
Held by Smart Wires Inc.
Filed Mar 11, 2016 as application 15/068,397 · Granted Oct 9, 2018
Base term plus 202 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Mar 11, 2016
Mar 11, 2016
Term ends
Sep 29, 2036
Sep 29, 2036
Granted
Oct 9, 2018
Oct 9, 2018
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
202
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.
7
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 202 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 11, 2016, when this application, 15/068,397, was filed | Mar 11, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +202 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 29, 2036 | 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 | Sep 29, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,097,037 | this patent Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2016/063200 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,218,175 | In force no later than Jun 2036 | no later than Jun 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2017/017559 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,559,975 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 10,749,341 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 11,594,887 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2016 Reel 39347, frame 666 | Inam, Haroon; Das, Debrup; Kreikebaum, Frank; Iyer, Amrit; Zhao, Aaron | Smart Wires Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 Reel 49951, frame 548 | Smart Wires Inc. | Smart Wires Credit Facility, LLC | Security Agreement |
| Jun 22, 2020 Reel 53000, frame 25 | Smart Wires Inc. | Blue Torch Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2020 Reel 53017, frame 985 | Smart Wires Credit Facility, LLC | Smart Wires Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2020 Reel 53367, frame 15 | Inam, Haroon; Das, Debrup; Kreikebaum, Frank; Iyer, Amrit; Zhou, Aaron | Smart Wires Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Spelling of Last Name of Inventor Aaron Zhao to Aaron Zhou and Update Address of Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 039347 Frame: 0666. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| May 28, 2021 Reel 56423, frame 448 | Blue Torch Finance LLC | Smart Wires Inc. | Release and Termination of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Jan 10, 2022 Reel 58653, frame 190 | Smart Wires Inc. | Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP | Intellectual Property Securityagreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2036
Term ends Sep 29, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 202 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.