Collateral for a security interest recorded May 1, 2024 (Advantage Capital Management LLC, as Adminstrative Agent).
Term ends Mar 25, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 25, 2030
Held by Inkling Systems, Inc.
Filed Jul 12, 2018 as application 16/033,475 · Granted Dec 8, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Mar 25, 2010
Mar 25, 2010
Term ends
Mar 25, 2030
Mar 25, 2030
Granted
Dec 8, 2020
Dec 8, 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
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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 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 25, 2010, when application 12/731,656, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 12, 2018) | Mar 25, 2030 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 25, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,799,765 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,632,985 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 8,799,493 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 10,042,530 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 10,860,187 | this patent Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
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 5, 2020 Reel 53412, frame 807 | Macinnis, Charles M.; Cromwell, Robert; Forman, Joshua John; Knowles, Kenneth Lorenz; Cho, Peter S.; Campiranon, Chatree; Haney, Aaron; Ballard, Kevin; Kyle, Scott William; Halsall, Anne K. | 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 |
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What's changing
Mar 2030
Term ends Mar 25, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
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