Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 18, 2021 (Jefferies Finance LLC).
Term ends Sep 17, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 31, 2033
Held by 1A Smart Start, LLC
Filed May 7, 2015 as application 14/706,402 · Granted Oct 29, 2019
Base term plus 778 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2035
Clock starts
Jul 31, 2013
Jul 31, 2013
Term ends
Sep 17, 2035
Sep 17, 2035
Granted
Oct 29, 2019
Oct 29, 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
778
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.
6
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 778 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 Jul 31, 2013, when application 13/955,260, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 7, 2015) | Jul 31, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +778 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 17, 2035 | 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 17, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,772,318 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| Application 14/036,343 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,458,975 | this patent Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| Application 15/713,512 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,436,770 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| Application 16/549,866 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 2017 Reel 44473, frame 894 | 1A Smart Start LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Security Interest |
| Dec 22, 2017 Reel 44474, frame 93 | Ia Smart Start LLC | Bnp Paribas, As Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 17, 2018 Reel 44645, frame 133 | Lyon, Michael | 1A Smart Start, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 20, 2020 Reel 54153, frame 889 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | 1A Smart Start LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jun 3, 2021 Reel 56468, frame 8 | 1A Smart Start LLC | Barings Finance LLC, as Administrative Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 17, 2021 Reel 58424, frame 563 | BNP Paribas | 1A Smart Start LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 17, 2021 Reel 58566, frame 631 | Barings Finance LLC | 1A Smart Start LLC | Termination and Release of Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 18, 2021 Reel 58548, frame 299 | 1A Smart Start LLC | Jefferies Finance LLC | Security Interest (Second Lien) |
| Dec 18, 2021 Reel 58548, frame 316 | 1A Smart Start LLC | Jefferies Finance LLC | Security Interest (First Lien) |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2035
Term ends Sep 17, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 778 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.
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