Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 23, 2024 (Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company).
Term ends Jul 20, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 20, 2039
Held by Project Canary, PBC
Filed Jun 29, 2020 as application 16/946,587 · Granted Jan 4, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Jul 20, 2019
Jul 20, 2019
Term ends
Jul 20, 2039
Jul 20, 2039
Granted
Jan 4, 2022
Jan 4, 2022
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.
34
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 Jul 20, 2019, when application 16/517,586, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 29, 2020) | Jul 20, 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 | 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 | Jul 20, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,697,947 | In force Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
| Application PCT/US2020/012247 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,215,593 | this patent Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
| Application PCT/US2021/049702 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,366,057 | In force Sep 2041 | Sep 2041 |
| US 11,408,870 | In force Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
| US 11,585,752 | In force Sep 2041 | Sep 2041 |
| US 11,592,390 | In force Sep 2041 | Sep 2041 |
8 of 34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2020 Reel 53231, frame 809 | Armitage, David L. | Project Canary, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 7, 2021 Reel 57436, frame 339 | Project Canary, Inc. PBC | Project Canary, Pbc | Change of Name |
| Feb 23, 2024 Reel 66662, frame 483 | Project Canary, Pbc | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Oct 30, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Project Canary, Pbc | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 30, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | International Environmental Standards PBC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 30, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Aeris Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 30, 2026 Reel 76577, frame 566 | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Project Canary, Pbc; International Environmental Standards PBC; Aeris Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2039
Term ends Jul 20, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
54
later US patents cite this one
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