Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 31, 2025 (Midcap Financial Trust).
Term ends Sep 14, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 3, 2035
Held by Evolv Technologies, Inc.
Filed Sep 7, 2017 as application 15/697,722 · Granted Jul 28, 2020
Base term plus 164 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Apr 3, 2015
Apr 3, 2015
Term ends
Sep 14, 2035
Sep 14, 2035
Granted
Jul 28, 2020
Jul 28, 2020
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
164
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.
2
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 164 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 Apr 3, 2015, when application 14/678,566, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 7, 2017) | Apr 3, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +164 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 14, 2035 | 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 | Sep 14, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,791,553 | In force Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
| US 10,725,153 | this patent Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2017 Reel 43946, frame 178 | Rose, Alec | Evolv Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 3, 2020 Reel 54584, frame 789 | Evolv Technologies, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jul 14, 2025 Reel 71699, frame 883 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Evolv Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 31, 2025 Reel 71902, frame 1 | Evolv Technologies, Inc.; Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. | Midcap Financial Trust | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Sep 2035
Term ends Sep 14, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 164 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2020 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.