Term ends no later than Jun 22, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 11, 2036
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Smart Wires Inc.
Filed Feb 9, 2017 as application 15/428,906 · Granted Feb 26, 2019
Base term plus 103 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Mar 11, 2016
Mar 11, 2016
Ends no later than
Jun 22, 2036
Jun 22, 2036
Granted
Feb 26, 2019
Feb 26, 2019
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
103
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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 103 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 2 of 3 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 Mar 11, 2016, when application 15/068,397, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 9, 2017) | Mar 11, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +103 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 22, 2036 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Jun 22, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,097,037 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2016/063200 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,218,175 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2017 Reel 42571, frame 139 | Inam, Haroon; Kreikebaum, Frank; Das, Debrup; 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 |
| Sep 30, 2020 Reel 53952, frame 576 | Inam, Haroon; Kreikebaum, Frank; Das, Debrup; Iyer, Amrit; Zhou, Aaron | Smart Wires Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Spelling of the Last Name of Inventor Aaron Zhao to Aaron Zhou and Update the Address of Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 042571 Frame 0139. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Sale, Assignment and Transfer of Said Patent Application. |
| 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
Jun 2036
Term ends no later than Jun 22, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 103 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Jun 22, 2036. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.