Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 5, 2026 (Bain Capital Credit, LP).
Term ends Mar 24, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 24, 2036
Held by Tangent Technologies LLC
Filed Aug 24, 2016 as application 15/245,948 · Granted Apr 20, 2021
Base term plus 577 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2038
Clock starts
Aug 24, 2016
Aug 24, 2016
Term ends
Mar 24, 2038
Mar 24, 2038
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Apr 20, 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
577
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.
4
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 577 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 Aug 24, 2016, when this application, 15/245,948, was filed | Aug 24, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +577 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 24, 2038 | 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 | Mar 24, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,981,350 | this patent Mar 2038 | Mar 2038 |
| US 11,173,643 | In force (reinstated) Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| Application 17/505,091 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,654,384 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 2017 Reel 41010, frame 721 | Stephens, Andrew; Morales, Francisco; Rybka, Tadeusz | Tangent Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 30, 2018 Reel 47633, frame 994 | Tangent Technologies LLC | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 4, 2018 Reel 47666, frame 164 | Tangent Technologies LLC | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2026 Reel 75522, frame 970 | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Tangent Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 5, 2026 Reel 75531, frame 461 | Tangent Technologies LLC | Bain Capital Credit, LP | Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2026 Reel 75559, frame 635 | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Tangent Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2026 Reel 75812, frame 238 | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Tangent Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Mar 2038
Term ends Mar 24, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 577 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
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