Term ends Dec 27, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 24, 2034
Held by Verve Group, Inc. and Verve Wireless, Inc.
Filed Sep 17, 2018 as application 16/133,154 · Granted Mar 8, 2022
Base term plus 429 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2035
Clock starts
Oct 24, 2014
Oct 24, 2014
Term ends
Dec 27, 2035
Dec 27, 2035
Granted
Mar 8, 2022
Mar 8, 2022
base term
patent term adjustment
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
429
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.
4
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 429 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 Oct 24, 2014, when application PCT/US2014/062157, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 17, 2018) | Oct 24, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +429 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 27, 2035 | 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 | Dec 27, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 61/895,458 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2014/062157 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,078,125 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 11,269,040 | this patent Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
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 14, 2020 Reel 51510, frame 840 | Roximity, Inc. | Verve Wireless, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 Reel 51865, frame 10 | Verve Wireless, Inc. | Verve Wireless (ABC), LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Verve Wireless (ABC), LLC | Verve Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Verve Wireless (ABC), LLC | Verve Wireless, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 Reel 51865, frame 123 | Verve Wireless (ABC), LLC | Verve Group, Inc.; Verve Wireless, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 13, 2020 Reel 54065, frame 566 | Verve Wireless (ABC), LLC | Verve Group, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 051865 Frame 0123. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Sole Assignee Is Verve Group, Inc. |
| Dec 1, 2020 Reel 54559, frame 239 | Verve Group, Inc. | Verve Group, Inc. | Change of Assignee Address |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2035
Term ends Dec 27, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 429 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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.