Term ends May 24, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 24, 2038
Held by Slack Technologies, LLC.
Filed Apr 30, 2019 as application 16/398,790 · Granted Mar 10, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
May 24, 2018
May 24, 2018
Term ends
May 24, 2038
May 24, 2038
Granted
Mar 10, 2020
Mar 10, 2020
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 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.
4
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 3 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 May 24, 2018, when application 15/988,787, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 30, 2019) | May 24, 2038 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 24, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,331,303 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 10,585,562 | this patent May 2038 | May 2038 |
| Application PCT/US2019/031365 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,852,916 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2019 Reel 49034, frame 375 | Gurtin, Liza; Hahn, Michael | Slack Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 30, 2019 Reel 49332, frame 349 | Slack Technologies, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jul 19, 2021 Reel 57649, frame 882 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Slack Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral at Reel/Frame No. 49332/0349 |
| Aug 2, 2021 Reel 57254, frame 693 | Slack Technologies, Inc.; Skyline Strategies I Inc. | Slack Technologies, Inc. | Merger |
| Aug 2, 2021 Reel 57254, frame 738 | Skyline Strategies II LLC; Slack Technologies, Inc.; Slack Technologies, LLC | Slack Technologies, LLC. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Sep 9, 2021 Reel 57514, frame 930 | Skyline Strategies II LLC; Slack Technologies, Inc. | Slack Technologies, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Newly Merged Entity's New Name, and to Remove the Period Previously Recorded at Reel: 057254 Frame: 0738. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger and Change of Name. |
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What's changing
May 2038
Term ends May 24, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
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