Term ends Aug 4, 2037 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 4, 2037
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Filed Apr 30, 2018 as application 15/967,097 · Granted May 12, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Aug 4, 2017
Aug 4, 2017
Term ends
Aug 4, 2037
Aug 4, 2037
Granted
May 12, 2020
May 12, 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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Aug 4, 2017, when applications 15/669,092, 15/669,393, 15/669,817, 15/669,839, PCT/US2017/045477, PCT/US2017/045538 and PCT/US2017/045636, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Apr 30, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 4, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 | Aug 4, 2037 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,726,690 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 10,510,232 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 10,482,737 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 10,388,131 | In force Feb 2038 | Feb 2038 |
| US 10,650,650 | this patent Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| Application 16/517,576 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,984,641 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 11,062,577 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2019 Reel 50222, frame 216 | Siminoff, James; Roth, Joshua; Modestine, John | Ring Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 20, 2019 Reel 51071, frame 371 | Ring LLC | A9.com, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 7, 2024 Reel 69114, frame 709 | A9.com, Inc. | Amazon Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 13, 2024 Reel 69167, frame 493 | A9.com, Inc. | Amazon Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Aug 2037
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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