Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 5, 2021 (Horizon Technology Finance Corporation).
Term ends Sep 21, 2035 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 23, 2035
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 10,474,608), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Liqid Inc.
Filed Jul 27, 2016 as application 15/220,740 · Granted Nov 5, 2019
Base term plus 231 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Apr 23, 2015
Apr 23, 2015
Term ends
Sep 21, 2035
Sep 21, 2035
Granted
Nov 5, 2019
Nov 5, 2019
base term
patent term adjustment
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
231
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,474,608.
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.
13
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 231 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Apr 23, 2015, when application 14/694,578, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 27, 2016) | Apr 23, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +231 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 10, 2035 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,474,608) | capped to Sep 21, 2035 | Medium 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 21, 2035 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,114,784 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2022 | Oct 2022 |
| US 9,678,910 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2015/027608 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,467,166 | this patent Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 10,474,608 | In force no later than Sep 2035 | no later than Sep 2035 |
| US 10,037,296 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2022 | Jul 2022 |
| Application 16/048,449 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,733,130 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
8 of 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2016 Reel 39270, frame 173 | Long, Christopher R.; Heyd, Andrew Rudolph; Breakstone, Jason; Cannata, James Scott | Liqid Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 6, 2016 Reel 39642, frame 680 | Liqid, Inc. | Kingston Digital, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Feb 13, 2019 Reel 49896, frame 354 | Kingston Digital, Inc. | Liqid, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 3, 2019 Reel 50630, frame 636 | Liqid Inc. | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Security Interest |
| Jan 5, 2021 Reel 54900, frame 539 | Liqid Inc. | Horizon Technology Finance Corporation | Security Interest |
| Apr 16, 2021 Reel 55953, frame 860 | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Liqid Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2035
Term ends Sep 21, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 231 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,474,608.
Citations
28
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.
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.