Term ends Feb 5, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 31, 2037
Held by Nextnav, LLC
Filed Aug 31, 2017 as application 15/692,142 · Granted Dec 24, 2019
Base term plus 158 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2038
Clock starts
Aug 31, 2017
Aug 31, 2017
Term ends
Feb 5, 2038
Feb 5, 2038
Granted
Dec 24, 2019
Dec 24, 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
158
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 158 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 Aug 31, 2017, when this application, 15/692,142, was filed | Aug 31, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +158 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 5, 2038 | 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 | Feb 5, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,514,258 | this patent Feb 2038 | Feb 2038 |
| US 11,199,406 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 11,892,295 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 11,761,765 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 12,038,280 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 12,228,402 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2017 Reel 43474, frame 234 | Dormody, Michael; Pattabiraman, Ganesh; Kumar, Abijith; Nagarajan, Badrinath; Wolf, Thomas; Parsons, Gary; Gates, Christian; Joseph, Deepak | Nextnav, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 27, 2019 Reel 51433, frame 692 | Nextnav, LLC; Progeny LMS, LLC | Fortress Credit Corp., as Agent | Assignment for Security -- Patents |
| Oct 29, 2021 Reel 57973, frame 636 | Fortress Credit Corp. | Nextnav, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 1, 2025 Reel 70691, frame 909 | Nextnav Inc.; Nextnav Holdings, LLC; Nextnav Intermediate Holdco, LLC; Progeny LMS, LLC; Commlabs, Inc. | Glas Trust Company LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 24, 2026 Reel 76062, frame 701 | Glas Trust Company LLC | Nextnav Inc.; Nextnav Holdings, LLC; Nextnav Intermediate Holdco, LLC; Progeny LMS, LLC; Commlabs, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2038
Term ends Feb 5, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 158 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
32
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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.