Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 5, 2021 (Horizon Technology Finance Corporation).
Lapsed Aug 4, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 23, 2035
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Liqid Inc.
Filed Oct 29, 2018 as application 16/173,946 · Granted Aug 4, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Aug 4, 2024
2015
2035
Clock starts
Apr 23, 2015
Apr 23, 2015
No longer in force
Aug 4, 2024
Aug 4, 2024
Granted
Aug 4, 2020
Aug 4, 2020
Term would have run to
Apr 23, 2035
Apr 23, 2035
base term
after the term ends
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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.
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.
13
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 Apr 23, 2035: its 20-year base term, with no 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 Apr 23, 2015, when application 14/694,732, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 29, 2018) | Apr 23, 2035 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 4, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 4, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,114,784 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2022 | Oct 2022 |
| US 9,678,910 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2015/027608 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,467,166 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 10,474,608 | In force no later than Sep 2035 | no later than Sep 2035 |
| US 10,037,296 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2022 | Jul 2022 |
| Application 16/048,449 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,733,130 | this patent Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2018 Reel 47348, frame 287 | Breakstone, Jason; Long, Christopher | Liqid Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 3, 2019 Reel 50630, frame 636 | Liqid Inc. | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Security Interest |
| Jan 5, 2021 Reel 54900, frame 539 | Liqid Inc. | Horizon Technology Finance Corporation | Security Interest |
| Apr 16, 2021 Reel 55953, frame 860 | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Liqid Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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How we rank
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