Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 10, 2017 (Ares Ventrue Finance, L.P.).
Term ends Sep 26, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 15, 2028
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Zocdoc, Inc.
Filed Mar 12, 2010 as application 12/722,728 · Granted Jan 22, 2019
Base term plus 11 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Sep 15, 2008
Sep 15, 2008
Term ends
Sep 26, 2028
Sep 26, 2028
Granted
Jan 22, 2019
Jan 22, 2019
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
11
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
15
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 11 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Sep 15, 2008, when applications 12/210,664, 12/210,690, 12/210,716 and 12/210,765, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Mar 12, 2010); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 15, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +11 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 26, 2028 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 26, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 12/210,716 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,688,466 | In force no later than Mar 2032 | no later than Mar 2032 |
| Application 12/210,690 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 12/210,664 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,185,929 | this patent Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| Application 12/916,780 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2011/027207 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2011/035116 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2010 Reel 24074, frame 16 | Kharraz Tavakol, Oliver D.; Massoumi, Cyrus E. | Zocdoc, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 16, 2014 Reel 32070, frame 484 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 16, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Zocdoc, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 16, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Zocdoc, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Apr 13, 2015 Reel 35412, frame 1 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Mar 28, 2017 Reel 41763, frame 860 | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Zocdoc, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 10, 2017 Reel 41940, frame 134 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Ares Ventrue Finance, L.p. | Security Interest |
| Nov 13, 2017 Reel 44429, frame 843 | Ares Venture Finance, L.p. | Bearcub Acquisitions LLC | Assignment of IP Security Agreement |
| Aug 1, 2018 Reel 46531, frame 192 | Zodoc, Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 18, 2019 Reel 48624, frame 798 | Zocdoc, Inc. | FP CP I (Cayman), L.P. | Security Interest |
| Mar 22, 2019 Reel 48676, frame 793 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 046531 Frame: 0192. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Jun 2, 2020 Reel 52808, frame 54 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Amended and Restated Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Feb 2, 2021 Reel 55118, frame 300 | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent (as Successor in Interest to Bearcub Acquisitions LLC, as Successor in Interest to Ares Venture Finance, L.P.) | Zocdoc, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 2, 2021 Reel 55205, frame 232 | FP CP I (Cayman), L.P. | Zocdoc, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Feb 2, 2021 Reel 55206, frame 13 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Feb 2, 2021 Reel 55206, frame 315 | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Zocdoc, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Feb 4, 2021 Reel 55147, frame 324 | Silicon Valley Bank | Zocdoc, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 21, 2024 Reel 67473, frame 648 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| May 21, 2024 Reel 67485, frame 94 | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Zocdoc, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
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What's changing
Sep 2028
Term ends Sep 26, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 11 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
47
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2019 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.