Term ends Mar 14, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 14, 2036
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Smart Wires Inc.
Filed May 16, 2018 as application 15/981,616 · Granted May 7, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Mar 14, 2016
Mar 14, 2016
Term ends
Mar 14, 2036
Mar 14, 2036
Granted
May 7, 2019
May 7, 2019
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
8
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 14, 2016, when application 15/069,785, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 16, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 14, 2036 | 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 | None on file | no change | 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 | Mar 14, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,418,814 | In force May 2037 | May 2037 |
| US 10,008,317 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 10,180,696 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2016/061009 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2016/062358 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,424,929 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| US 10,283,254 | this patent Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 10,903,653 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2018 Reel 46793, frame 121 | Iyer, Amrit; Das, Debrup; Munguia, David; Kelley, Arthur; Inam, Haroon; Carrow, Joe; Farahani, Ali | 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 |
| 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
Mar 2036
Term ends Mar 14, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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