Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 5, 2021 (Horizon Technology Finance Corporation).
Term ends Nov 5, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 5, 2039
Held by Liqid Inc.
Filed Mar 6, 2020 as application 16/810,944 · Granted Sep 14, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Feb 5, 2019
Feb 5, 2019
Term ends
Nov 5, 2036
Nov 5, 2036
Granted
Sep 14, 2021
Sep 14, 2021
base term
after the term ends
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,248,186, US 10,585,827.
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.
7
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 resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Feb 5, 2019, when application 16/267,623, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 6, 2020) | Feb 5, 2039 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,248,186, US 10,585,827) | capped to Nov 5, 2036 | 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 | Nov 5, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,585,827 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| Application PCT/US2020/015555 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,119,957 | this patent Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 11,609,873 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 11,921,659 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 12,204,476 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 12,298,928 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2020 Reel 52034, frame 797 | Cannata, James Scott; Long, Christopher R.; Puri, Sumit; Schramm, Bryan | Liqid Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 30, 2020 Reel 54221, frame 235 | Liqid Inc. | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Security Interest |
| Jan 5, 2021 Reel 54900, frame 539 | Liqid Inc. | Horizon Technology Finance Corporation | Security Interest |
| Apr 16, 2021 Reel 55953, frame 860 | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Liqid Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Nov 2036
Term ends Nov 5, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,248,186, US 10,585,827.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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
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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.