Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 22, 2023 (Midcap Financial Trust).
Lapsed Apr 2, 2023 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 30, 2037
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Study Edge, Inc.
Filed Feb 9, 2018 as application 15/893,239 · Granted Apr 2, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 14 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Apr 2, 2023
2017
2037
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2017
Jun 30, 2017
No longer in force
Apr 2, 2023
Apr 2, 2023
Granted
Apr 2, 2019
Apr 2, 2019
Term would have run to
Jul 14, 2037
Jul 14, 2037
base term
after the term ends
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
14
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
3
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jul 14, 2037: its 20-year base term plus 14 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jun 30, 2017, when application 15/639,740, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 9, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 30, 2037 | 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 | +14 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 14, 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Apr 2, 2023 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 2, 2023 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,912,676 | In force Jun 2037 | Jun 2037 |
| US 10,250,614 | this patent Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
2 of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2019 Reel 48269, frame 26 | Fieldman, Ethan | Study Social, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 23, 2021 Reel 58200, frame 782 | Study Edge, Inc. (F/K/A Study Social, Inc.) | Barings Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 16, 2023 Reel 63005, frame 886 | Studysocial, Inc.; Sunshine Merger Sub, Inc.; Study Edge, Inc. | Study Edge, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Mar 22, 2023 Reel 63142, frame 625 | Studysocial, Inc.; Sunshine Merger Sub, Inc. | Study Edge, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the First Listed Patent from "Application Number 10540906" to --Patent Number 10540906-- Previously Recorded at Reel: 063005 Frame: 0886. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger and Change of Name. |
| Mar 22, 2023 Reel 63146, frame 839 | Study Edge, Inc. | Midcap Financial Trust | Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 23, 2023 Reel 63073, frame 537 | Barings Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Study Edge, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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The 14 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
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