Term ends Aug 12, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 23, 2034
Held by Hover Inc.
Filed Jan 20, 2017 as application 15/411,226 · Granted Dec 8, 2020
Base term plus 20 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Jul 23, 2014
Jul 23, 2014
Term ends
Aug 12, 2034
Aug 12, 2034
Granted
Dec 8, 2020
Dec 8, 2020
base term
patent term adjustment
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
20
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
25
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 runs 20 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Jul 23, 2014, when application 14/339,127, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 20, 2017) | Jul 23, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +20 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 12, 2034 | 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 | Aug 12, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,437,033 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 10,776,999 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 10,861,224 | this patent Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 11,721,066 | In force Jun 2036 | Jun 2036 |
| US 10,643,380 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 10,769,847 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 11,113,877 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 10,902,672 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
8 of 25 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 2017 Reel 41248, frame 220 | Halliday, Derek; Marques da Silva Junior, Antonio Carlos; Klein, Roberto; Altman, Adam J. | Hover Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 25, 2020 Reel 52229, frame 972 | Hover Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Mar 25, 2020 Reel 52229, frame 986 | Hover Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| May 28, 2021 Reel 56423, frame 199 | Hover Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| May 28, 2021 Reel 56423, frame 222 | Hover Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| May 28, 2021 Reel 56423, frame 179 | Silicon Valley Bank | Hover Inc. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| May 28, 2021 Reel 56423, frame 189 | Silicon Valley Bank, As Agent | Hover Inc. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Oct 6, 2022 Reel 61622, frame 741 | Silicon Valley Bank | Hover Inc. | Termination of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Oct 6, 2022 Reel 61622, frame 761 | Silicon Valley Bank, As Agent | Hover Inc. | Termination of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2034
Term ends Aug 12, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 20 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
33
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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.