Lapsed Nov 5, 2023 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 14, 2036
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Id.me, LLC
Filed Oct 14, 2016 as application 15/294,434 · Granted Nov 5, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 163 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Nov 5, 2023
2016
2037
Clock starts
Oct 14, 2016
Oct 14, 2016
No longer in force
Nov 5, 2023
Nov 5, 2023
Granted
Nov 5, 2019
Nov 5, 2019
Term would have run to
Mar 26, 2037
Mar 26, 2037
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
163
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
9
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Mar 26, 2037: its 20-year base term plus 163 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Oct 14, 2016, when this application, 15/294,434, was filed | Oct 14, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +163 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 26, 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Nov 5, 2023 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 5, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,469,492 | this patent Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 |
| US 11,310,231 | In force Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| US 11,451,544 | In force Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
| US 12,113,791 | In force no later than Oct 2036 | no later than Oct 2036 |
| US 12,676,858 | In force Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
| Application 19/677,234 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/677,307 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/677,269 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 1, 2017 Reel 41422, frame 934 | Hall, Blake | Id.me, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 7, 2021 Reel 57435, frame 807 | Id.me, Inc. | Fortress Credit Corp., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 22, 2025 Reel 69988, frame 23 | Fortress Credit Corp. | Id.me, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 057435/FRAME 0807 |
| May 9, 2025 Reel 71248, frame 794 | Id.me, Inc. | Id.me, LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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Note
The 163 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
18
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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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
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