Term ends Mar 12, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 12, 2034
Held by Nextnav, LLC
Filed Apr 13, 2018 as application 15/952,600 · Granted Aug 18, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Mar 12, 2014
Mar 12, 2014
Term ends
Mar 12, 2034
Mar 12, 2034
Granted
Aug 18, 2020
Aug 18, 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
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 12, 2014, when application 14/207,210, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 13, 2018) | Mar 12, 2034 | 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 | Mar 12, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,326,105 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 9,980,246 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 10,750,470 | this patent Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 10,993,204 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
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 13, 2018 Reel 45534, frame 728 | Pattabiraman, Ganesh; Joseph, Deepak | Nextnav, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 27, 2019 Reel 51433, frame 692 | Nextnav, LLC; Progeny LMS, LLC | Fortress Credit Corp., as Agent | Assignment for Security -- Patents |
| Oct 29, 2021 Reel 57973, frame 636 | Fortress Credit Corp. | Nextnav, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 1, 2025 Reel 70691, frame 909 | Nextnav Inc.; Nextnav Holdings, LLC; Nextnav Intermediate Holdco, LLC; Progeny LMS, LLC; Commlabs, Inc. | Glas Trust Company LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 24, 2026 Reel 76062, frame 701 | Glas Trust Company LLC | Nextnav Inc.; Nextnav Holdings, LLC; Nextnav Intermediate Holdco, LLC; Progeny LMS, LLC; Commlabs, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2034
Term ends Mar 12, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
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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.