Term ends Jan 10, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 10, 2028
Held by Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
Filed Mar 15, 2016 as application 15/070,671 · Granted Aug 6, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jan 10, 2008
Jan 10, 2008
Term ends
Jan 10, 2028
Jan 10, 2028
Granted
Aug 6, 2019
Aug 6, 2019
base term
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
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.
9
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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 10, 2008, when application 11/972,610, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 15, 2016) | Jan 10, 2028 | 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 | Jan 10, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,644,463 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 9,344,574 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 10,375,247 | this patent Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 10,750,025 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 10,750,026 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 11,394,832 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 11,399,098 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 11,818,299 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2016 Reel 37988, frame 777 | Demmitt, Michael; Manna, Amit; Smith, Michael; Arellano, Luis; Pedregal, Chris; Salomaki, Brian | Onavoice, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 15, 2016 Reel 37989, frame 41 | Lebeau, Michael | Onavoice, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 15, 2016 Reel 37989, frame 320 | Onavoice, Inc. | Mam | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 15, 2016 Reel 37989, frame 415 | Mam | TVG, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 1, 2020 Reel 52283, frame 172 | Mam | Technology Value Group, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Data Previously Recorded at Reel: 026517 Frame: 0101. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jan 14, 2022 Reel 58660, frame 740 | Technology Value Group, LLC | Zoom Video Communications, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jan 2028
Term ends Jan 10, 2028. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
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