Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 10, 2017 (Ares Ventrue Finance, L.P.).
Term ends Sep 6, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 28, 2036
Held by Zoc Doc, Inc.
Filed Jul 28, 2016 as application 15/222,094 · Granted Jul 6, 2021
Base term plus 770 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2038
Clock starts
Jul 28, 2016
Jul 28, 2016
Term ends
Sep 6, 2038
Sep 6, 2038
Granted
Jul 6, 2021
Jul 6, 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
770
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.
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 770 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 Jul 28, 2016, when this application, 15/222,094, was filed | Jul 28, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +770 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 6, 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 | Sep 6, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,056,230 | this patent Sep 2038 | Sep 2038 |
| Application PCT/US2017/043585 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,705,241 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 12,068,072 | In force no later than Jul 2036 | no later than Jul 2036 |
| Application 18/772,944 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2016 Reel 39318, frame 785 | Leszczuk, William M. | Zocdoc, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 11, 2016 Reel 39405, frame 38 | Leszczuk, William M. | Zoc Doc, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 28, 2017 Reel 42107, frame 538 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Second Supplement to Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Apr 10, 2017 Reel 41940, frame 134 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Ares Ventrue Finance, L.p. | Security Interest |
| Nov 13, 2017 Reel 44429, frame 843 | Ares Venture Finance, L.p. | Bearcub Acquisitions LLC | Assignment of IP Security Agreement |
| Aug 1, 2018 Reel 46531, frame 192 | Zodoc, Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 18, 2019 Reel 48624, frame 798 | Zocdoc, Inc. | FP CP I (Cayman), L.P. | Security Interest |
| Mar 22, 2019 Reel 48676, frame 793 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 046531 Frame: 0192. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Jun 2, 2020 Reel 52808, frame 54 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Amended and Restated Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Feb 2, 2021 Reel 55118, frame 300 | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent (as Successor in Interest to Bearcub Acquisitions LLC, as Successor in Interest to Ares Venture Finance, L.P.) | Zocdoc, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 2, 2021 Reel 55205, frame 232 | FP CP I (Cayman), L.P. | Zocdoc, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Feb 2, 2021 Reel 55206, frame 13 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Feb 2, 2021 Reel 55206, frame 315 | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Zocdoc, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Feb 4, 2021 Reel 55147, frame 324 | Silicon Valley Bank | Zocdoc, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 21, 2024 Reel 67473, frame 648 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| May 21, 2024 Reel 67485, frame 94 | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Zocdoc, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
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Sep 2038
Term ends Sep 6, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 770 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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later US patent cites this one
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