Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 12, 2022 (Venture Lending & Leasing IX, Inc.).
Term ends Jan 26, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 26, 2030
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Azumo, Inc.
Filed Mar 1, 2021 as application 17/249,382 · Granted Feb 22, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jan 26, 2010
Jan 26, 2010
Term ends
Jan 26, 2030
Jan 26, 2030
Granted
Feb 22, 2022
Feb 22, 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 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
10
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 1 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 26, 2010, when application PCT/US2010/022066, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 1, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jan 26, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 26, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,905,610 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 8,764,262 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 9,523,807 | In force (reinstated) Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 10,175,413 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 10,466,409 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 10,935,716 | In force (reinstated) no later than Jan 2030 | no later than Jan 2030 |
| US 11,256,025 | this patent Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 11,640,026 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
8 of 10 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 21, 2021 Reel 57866, frame 815 | Nichol, Anthony John; Coleman, Zane Arthur | Flex Lighting II, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 21, 2021 Reel 57886, frame 286 | Flex Lighting II, LLC | Azumo, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Sep 12, 2022 Reel 61065, frame 860 | Azumo, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing IX, Inc.; Wti Fund X, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Sep 12, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Azumo, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing IX, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Sep 12, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Azumo, Inc. | Wti Fund X, Inc. | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Jan 2030
Term ends Jan 26, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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