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Blockchain Recordation of Device Usage

US 11,044,097 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 27, 2024 (1221 Inveniam LLC).

Term ends Apr 27, 2037 · High confidence

Filed May 19, 2020 as application 16/877,614 · Granted Jun 22, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Apr 27, 2017
Term ends
Apr 27, 2037
Granted
Jun 22, 2021
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,693,652, to Apr 27, 2037. 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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 27, 2017, when application 15/499,558, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 19, 2020)Apr 27, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,693,652)resolves to Apr 27, 2037, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 27, 2037High confidence

This family

US 10,270,599In force
Oct 2037
Oct 2037
US 10,693,652In force
Apr 2037
Apr 2037
US 11,044,097this patent
Apr 2037
Apr 2037
US 12,192,371In force
no later than Oct 2039
no later than Oct 2039
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 20, 2020
Reel 52712, frame 769
Paolini-subramanya, MaheshFactom, Inc.Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement
May 20, 2020
Reel 52712, frame 162
Snow, Paul; Deery, Brian; Nadeau, JasonFactom, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 2, 2021
Reel 56450, frame 472
Paolini-subramanya, MaheshFactom, Inc.Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement
Jun 2, 2021
Reel 56413, frame 552
Snow, Paul; Deery, Brian; Nadeau, JasonFactom, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 29, 2021
Reel 56698, frame 793
Factom, Inc.Inveniam Capital Partners, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 27, 2024
Reel 67932, frame 74
Inveniam Capital Partners, Inc.1221 Inveniam LLCSecurity Interest
Mar 29, 2025
Reel 70741, frame 157
Inveniam Capital Partners Inc.1221 Inveniam LLC; 1221 Inveniam II LLCAmendment and Joinder to Security Agreement
Mar 29, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Inveniam Capital Partners Inc.1221 Inveniam LLCAmendment and Joinder to Security Agreement
Mar 29, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Inveniam Capital Partners Inc.1221 Inveniam II LLCAmendment and Joinder to Security Agreement

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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