Term ends May 10, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 10, 2030
Held by Acuant, Inc.
Filed Sep 4, 2015 as application 14/845,613 · Granted Jul 9, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
May 10, 2010
May 10, 2010
Term ends
May 10, 2030
May 10, 2030
Granted
Jul 9, 2019
Jul 9, 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.
1 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.
5
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. 1 of 2 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 May 10, 2010, when application 12/776,784, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 4, 2015) | May 10, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High 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 | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 10, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,471,920 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 10,346,845 | this patent May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 10,872,338 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| Application 15/415,749 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 17/129,591 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2015 Reel 36710, frame 767 | Sherlock, Kieran; Caldera, Jose | Idm Global, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 27, 2019 Reel 50185, frame 369 | Idm Global, Inc. | Identitymind Global, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 18, 2019 Reel 50409, frame 826 | Identitymind Global Inc. | Crestline Direct Finance, L.P., as Collateral Agent for the Benefit of Secured Parties | Security Interest |
| Oct 14, 2020 Reel 54052, frame 499 | Identifymind Global Inc. | Acuant Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 15, 2021 Reel 54939, frame 553 | Identitymind Global, Inc. | Acuant, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 30, 2021 Reel 58234, frame 781 | Crestline Direct Finance, L.P., as Collateral Agent | Identitymind Global Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2030
Term ends May 10, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
30
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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