Collateral for a security interest recorded May 1, 2024 (Advantage Capital Management LLC, as Adminstrative Agent).
Term ends Jan 18, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 18, 2032
Held by Inkling Systems, Inc.
Filed Nov 20, 2018 as application 16/197,108 · Granted Oct 20, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Jan 18, 2012
Jan 18, 2012
Term ends
Jan 18, 2032
Jan 18, 2032
Granted
Oct 20, 2020
Oct 20, 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 10,169,311, to Jan 18, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 2 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 Jan 18, 2012, when application 13/353,180, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 20, 2018) | Jan 18, 2032 | 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 10,169,311) | resolves to Jan 18, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 18, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 61/570,240 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,317,496 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2012/046102 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2012/069019 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,534,842 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 10,169,311 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 10,810,365 | this patent Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2020 Reel 53043, frame 74 | Myers, Nolan Shea; Scott, Robert Benjamin; Neuberg, Bradley Keith; Zhao, Huan; Cromwell, Robert; Kopatsy, Arthur; Vogel, Bradford; Jones, Kerryck; Knowles, Kenneth Lorenz; Forman, Joshua John | Inkling Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 1, 2024 Reel 67289, frame 1 | Echo 360, Inc.; Echo 360 Continuing Education, LLC; Echo 360 Holdings, Inc.; Turning Acquisition, Inc.; Turning Tech Intermediate, Inc.; Turning Tech LLC; Turning Tech Holdings, LLC; Turning Technologies, LLC; Responsive Innovations, LLC; Response Tools, LLC; Inkling Systems, Inc. | Advantage Capital Management LLC, as Adminstrative Agent | Security Interest |
| May 12, 2025 Reel 71276, frame 781 | Turning Tech Intermediate, Inc.; Turning Acquisition, Inc.; Echo 360, Inc.; Echo 360 Holdings, Inc.; Echo 360 Continuing Education, LLC; Turning Tech LLC; Turning Tech Holdings, LLC; Turning Technologies, LLC; Response Tools, LLC; Inkling Systems, Inc.; Speakworks, Inc.; Responsive Innovations, LLC | Advantage Capital Management LLC | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2032
Term ends Jan 18, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,169,311, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
6
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
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.