Also listed on Zeronorth, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 24, 2024 (First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company).
Term ends Nov 13, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 22, 2039
Held by Harness Inc.
Filed Jan 22, 2019 as application 16/253,944 · Granted Sep 14, 2021
Base term plus 295 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Jan 22, 2019
Jan 22, 2019
Term ends
Nov 13, 2039
Nov 13, 2039
Granted
Sep 14, 2021
Sep 14, 2021
base term
patent term adjustment
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
295
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.
2
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 295 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 Jan 22, 2019, when this application, 16/253,944, was filed | Jan 22, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +295 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 13, 2039 | 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 | Nov 13, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,121,872 | this patent Nov 2039 | Nov 2039 |
| Application PCT/US2019/014837 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2019 Reel 48093, frame 5 | Digiambattista, Ernesto; Bezdedeanu, Andrei; Kail, Michael A. | Cybric Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 8, 2019 Reel 48825, frame 711 | Digiambattista, Ernesto; Bezdedeanu, Andrei; Kail, Michael D. | Cybric Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Third Assignor's Middle Initial Previously Recorded on Reel 048093 Frame 0005. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Nov 21, 2019 Reel 51089, frame 808 | Cybric Inc. | Zeronorth, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Mar 8, 2024 Reel 66769, frame 327 | Zeronorth, Inc.; Project Protect Merger Sub 1 | Zeronorth, Inc. | Merger |
| Jul 10, 2024 Reel 67954, frame 404 | Zeronorth, Inc.; Project Protect Merger Sub II, LLC | Project Protect Merger Sub II, LLC | Merger |
| Jul 12, 2024 Reel 67979, frame 848 | Project Protect Merger Sub II, LLC | Harness Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 24, 2024 Reel 69387, frame 805 | Harness Inc.; Harness International, Inc. | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Security Interest |
| Nov 24, 2024 Reel 69387, frame 816 | Harness Inc.; Harness International, Inc. | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 13, 2026 Reel 76210, frame 42 | Harness Inc. | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Security Interest |
| Aug 18, 2026 Reel 75690, frame 701 | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Harness Inc.; Harness International, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 18, 2026 Reel 75690, frame 915 | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, as Agent | Harness Inc.; Harness International, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 18, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Harness Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 18, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Harness International, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 18, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, as Agent | Harness Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 18, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, as Agent | Harness International, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2039
Term ends Nov 13, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 295 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
34
later US patents cite this one
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