Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 3, 2024 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Aug 8, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 8, 2038
Held by Medshape, Inc.
Filed Aug 27, 2020 as application 17/004,789 · Granted Sep 14, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Aug 8, 2018
Aug 8, 2018
Term ends
Aug 8, 2038
Aug 8, 2038
Granted
Sep 14, 2021
Sep 14, 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 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.
16
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 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 8, 2018, when applications 16/058,638 and 29/659,375, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Aug 27, 2020) | Aug 8, 2038 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 8, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,307,156 | In force Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
| US D895,113 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 11,020,110 | In force Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
| US D957,636 | In force Jul 2037 | Jul 2037 |
| US 11,116,499 | this patent Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
| US 11,911,025 | In force no later than Oct 2038 | no later than Oct 2038 |
| US 11,911,026 | In force Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
| US D1,009,269 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
8 of 16 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 2, 2020 Reel 53958, frame 168 | Blair, Jeremy Webster; Kline, Courtney Lynne | Medshape, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 3, 2024 Reel 66162, frame 862 | Medshape, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Aug 2038
Term ends Aug 8, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
17
later US patents cite this one
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