Collateral for a security interest recorded May 13, 2022 (Ares Capital Corporation).
Lapsed Nov 3, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 3, 2036
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Bottomline Technlogies, Inc.
Filed May 19, 2020 as application 16/877,743 · Granted Nov 3, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Nov 3, 2024
2016
2036
Clock starts
Jun 3, 2016
Jun 3, 2016
No longer in force
Nov 3, 2024
Nov 3, 2024
Granted
Nov 3, 2020
Nov 3, 2020
Term would have run to
Jun 3, 2036
Jun 3, 2036
base term
after the term ends
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,235,356, US 10,699,075, to Jun 3, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
4
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 Jun 3, 2036: 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. 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 Jun 3, 2016, when application 15/172,571, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 19, 2020) | Jun 3, 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 10,235,356, US 10,699,075) | resolves to Jun 3, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Nov 3, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 3, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,235,356 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 10,699,075 | In force Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| US 10,824,809 | this patent Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 11,163,955 | In force Jun 2036 | Jun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2020 Reel 53559, frame 536 | Amend, Brian; Glerum, Sean; Kltsch, Melissa; Moran, Jessica | Bottomline Technologies (de), Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 19, 2021 Reel 55661, frame 461 | Bottomline Technologies (de), Inc. | Bottomline Technlogies, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 13, 2022 Reel 60064, frame 275 | Bottomline Technologies, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation | Security Interest |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,235,356, US 10,699,075, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
14
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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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