Term ends no later than Mar 23, 2037 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 22, 2036
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Hound Labs II, LLC
Filed Apr 2, 2018 as application 15/943,123 · Granted Mar 23, 2021
Base term plus 244 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
Jul 22, 2016
Jul 22, 2016
Ends no later than
Mar 23, 2037
Mar 23, 2037
Granted
Mar 23, 2021
Mar 23, 2021
base term
patent term adjustment
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
244
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
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 244 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 22, 2016, when application 15/217,264, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 2, 2018) | Jul 22, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +244 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 23, 2037 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Mar 23, 2037 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,933,445 | In force Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| US 10,955,428 | this patent no later than Mar 2037 | no later than Mar 2037 |
| US 11,874,286 | In force May 2036 | May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2020 Reel 53140, frame 95 | Tang, Hamilton Roger; Bechtel, Kate L.; Holst, Peter A.; Wolf, Jacob A.; Limtao, Kevin M. | Triple Ring Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 7, 2020 Reel 53140, frame 318 | Triple Ring Technologies, Inc. | Hound Labs, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 7, 2020 Reel 53142, frame 914 | Lynn, Michael Scott | Hound Labs, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 30, 2024 Reel 67578, frame 300 | Hound Labs, Inc. | Horizon Technology Finance Corporation | Security Interest |
| Oct 9, 2025 Reel 73058, frame 240 | Hound Labs II, LLC | Horizon Technology Finance Corporation, as Lender and Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 25, 2025 Reel 73715, frame 174 | Hound Labs, Inc. | HL (ABC), LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 26, 2025 Reel 73786, frame 415 | HL (ABC), LLC | Hound Labs II, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2037
Term ends no later than Mar 23, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 244 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Mar 23, 2037. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.