Term ends Mar 11, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 11, 2036
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 10,218,175), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Smart Wires Inc.
Filed Feb 21, 2019 as application 16/282,172 · Granted Aug 18, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Mar 11, 2016
Mar 11, 2016
Term ends
Mar 11, 2036
Mar 11, 2036
Granted
Aug 18, 2020
Aug 18, 2020
base term
fee events
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,218,175, to Mar 11, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
7
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Mar 11, 2016, when application 15/068,397, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 21, 2019) | Mar 11, 2036 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,218,175) | resolves to Mar 11, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium 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 | Mar 11, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,097,037 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2016/063200 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,218,175 | In force no later than Jun 2036 | no later than Jun 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2017/017559 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,559,975 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 10,749,341 | this patent Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 11,594,887 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2019 Reel 48716, frame 825 | Inam, Haroon; Kreikebaum, Frank; Das, Debrup; Iyer, Amrit; Zhao, Aaron | Smart Wires Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2020 Reel 53000, frame 25 | Smart Wires Inc. | Blue Torch Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 30, 2020 Reel 53952, frame 595 | Inam, Haroon; Kreikebaum, Frank; Das, Debrup; Iyer, Amrit; Zhou, Aaron | Smart Wires Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Spelling of the Last Name of Inventor Aaron Zhao to Aaron Zhou Previously Recorded on Reel 048716 Frame 0825. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Sale, Assignment and Transfer of Said Patent Application. |
| May 28, 2021 Reel 56423, frame 448 | Blue Torch Finance LLC | Smart Wires Inc. | Release and Termination of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Jan 10, 2022 Reel 58653, frame 190 | Smart Wires Inc. | Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP | Intellectual Property Securityagreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2036
Term ends Mar 11, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,218,175, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.