Term ends Sep 11, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 11, 2035
Held by Id.me, LLC
Filed Nov 21, 2018 as application 16/197,797 · Granted Nov 16, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Sep 11, 2015
Sep 11, 2015
Term ends
Sep 11, 2035
Sep 11, 2035
Granted
Nov 16, 2021
Nov 16, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,142,338, to Sep 11, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
8
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 is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Sep 11, 2015, when application 14/851,235, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 21, 2018) | Sep 11, 2035 | 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 10,142,338) | resolves to Sep 11, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 11, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,142,338 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 11,178,146 | this patent Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 11,736,482 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 11,689,529 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 12,218,940 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 12,212,567 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| Application 18/990,630 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 18/999,053 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 2018 Reel 47606, frame 575 | Hall, Blake; Suurhans, Tanel | Id.me, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 7, 2021 Reel 57435, frame 807 | Id.me, Inc. | Fortress Credit Corp., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 22, 2025 Reel 69988, frame 23 | Fortress Credit Corp. | Id.me, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 057435/FRAME 0807 |
| Jan 22, 2025 Reel 69989, frame 493 | Id.me, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| May 9, 2025 Reel 71248, frame 794 | Id.me, Inc. | Id.me, LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2035
Term ends Sep 11, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,142,338, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.