Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 30, 2023 (Hercules Capital, Inc.).
Term ends Jul 11, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 30, 2031
Held by Saama Technologies, LLC
Filed Sep 26, 2017 as application 15/716,447 · Granted Jan 26, 2021
Base term plus 285 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Sep 30, 2011
Sep 30, 2011
Term ends
Jul 11, 2032
Jul 11, 2032
Granted
Jan 26, 2021
Jan 26, 2021
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
285
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 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.
3
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 285 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Sep 30, 2011, when application 13/251,149, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 26, 2017) | Sep 30, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +285 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 11, 2032 | 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 | Jul 11, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,020,981 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,811,543 | In force (reinstated) Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 10,901,961 | this patent Jul 2032 | Jul 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2017 Reel 43813, frame 183 | Morrison, Rick; Gardner, Jud; Saffer, Matthew | Comprehend Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 21, 2019 Reel 50117, frame 17 | Comprehend Systems, Inc. | Saama Technologies, Inc. | Merger |
| Aug 22, 2019 Reel 50139, frame 612 | Comprehend Systems, Inc. | Saama Technologies, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Number Previously Recorded at Reel: 50117 Frame: 017. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jun 29, 2023 Reel 64165, frame 578 | Saama Technologies, Inc. | Saama Technologies, LLC | Entity Conversion |
| Jun 30, 2023 Reel 64127, frame 314 | Saama Technologies, LLC | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2032
Term ends Jul 11, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 285 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2021 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.