Term ends Sep 28, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 29, 2036
Held by Flash Networks Ltd.
Filed Apr 29, 2016 as application 15/141,971 · Granted Jul 16, 2019
Base term plus 517 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
Apr 29, 2016
Apr 29, 2016
Term ends
Sep 28, 2037
Sep 28, 2037
Granted
Jul 16, 2019
Jul 16, 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
517
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.
2
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 517 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 Apr 29, 2016, when this application, 15/141,971, was filed | Apr 29, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +517 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 28, 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 28, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 62/155,429 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,353,962 | this patent Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2018 Reel 45627, frame 759 | Choen, Yosi; Weiser, Adi; Grefen, Stefan | Flash Networks Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 16, 2018 Reel 46174, frame 432 | Flash Networks Ltd. | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Ltd. | Security Interest |
| Aug 3, 2020 Reel 53381, frame 675 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Ltd. | Flash Networks Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2037
Term ends Sep 28, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 517 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. 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.