Collateral for a security interest recorded May 13, 2022 (Ares Capital Corporation).
Term ends Nov 23, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 3, 2036
Held by Bottomline Technlogies, Inc.
Filed Jun 3, 2016 as application 15/172,571 · Granted Mar 19, 2019
Base term plus 173 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Jun 3, 2016
Jun 3, 2016
Term ends
Nov 23, 2036
Nov 23, 2036
Granted
Mar 19, 2019
Mar 19, 2019
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
173
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
4
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 173 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Jun 3, 2016, when this application, 15/172,571, was filed | Jun 3, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +173 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 23, 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 23, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,235,356 | this patent Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 10,699,075 | In force Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| US 10,824,809 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 11,163,955 | In force Jun 2036 | Jun 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 7, 2016 Reel 38828, frame 250 | Amend, Brian; Glerum, Sean; Kutsch, Melissa; Moran, Jessica | Bottomline Technologies (de) Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 12, 2016 Reel 40882, frame 908 | Bottomline Technologies (de), Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Mar 19, 2021 Reel 55661, frame 461 | Bottomline Technologies (de), Inc. | Bottomline Technlogies, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 13, 2022 Reel 60063, frame 701 | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Bottomline Technologies (de), Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Reel/Frame: 040882/0908 |
| May 13, 2022 Reel 60064, frame 275 | Bottomline Technologies, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2036
Term ends Nov 23, 2036.
Note
The 173 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
23
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.
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