Collateral for a security interest recorded May 4, 2021 (NFS Leasing, Inc.).
Term ends Oct 22, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 22, 2029
Held by Newzoom, LLC
Filed Apr 25, 2019 as application 16/395,155 · Granted Jul 13, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Oct 22, 2009
Oct 22, 2009
Term ends
Oct 22, 2029
Oct 22, 2029
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Jul 13, 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 22, 2009, when application 12/603,809, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 25, 2019) | Oct 22, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 22, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,319,173 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| Application 13/229,537 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,062,547 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2019 Reel 50683, frame 308 | Adelberg, Bradley Scott; Hatton, James Henry; Gower Smith, Walter David; Viswanathan, Sabarivasan; Lusardi, Steven Craig | Newzoom, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 10, 2019 Reel 50705, frame 877 | Newzoom, Inc. | Newzoom, LLC | Change of Name |
| May 4, 2021 Reel 56131, frame 764 | Swyft, Inc. | NFS Leasing, Inc. | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 22, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
21
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.
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.