Term ends May 7, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 2, 2038
Held by MJNN, LLC
Filed Sep 20, 2019 as application 16/577,151 · Granted Apr 27, 2021
Base term plus 66 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Mar 2, 2018
Mar 2, 2018
Term ends
May 7, 2038
May 7, 2038
Granted
Apr 27, 2021
Apr 27, 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
66
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,986,791, to May 7, 2038. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
5
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 66 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Mar 2, 2018, when application 15/910,796, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 20, 2019) | Mar 2, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +66 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 7, 2038 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,986,791) | resolves to May 7, 2038, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | May 7, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,986,791 | In force Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
| Application PCT/US2019/017720 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,986,787 | this patent May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 12,004,457 | In force Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
| US 12,004,458 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 2019 Reel 50443, frame 116 | Klein, Brice; Ibrahim, Alex; Matera, Matthew; Spiteri, Frank; Kalayjian, Nicholas Robert | MJNN, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 11, 2019 Reel 51254, frame 862 | MJNN LLC | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Dec 11, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | MJNN LLC | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Dec 11, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | MJNN LLC | Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2025 Reel 70274, frame 362 | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | MJNN LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2025 Reel 70364, frame 725 | MJNN LLC | One Madison Group – Plenty II, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| May 30, 2025 Reel 71468, frame 487 | One Madison Group – Plenty II, LLC, as Collateral Agent | MJNN LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 070364/FRAME 0725 |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2038
Term ends May 7, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 66 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,986,791, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
16
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
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.