Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 1, 2024 (Espresso Capital Ltd.).
Term ends Oct 7, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 7, 2036
Held by Lightbend, Inc.
Filed Jun 23, 2020 as application 16/909,920 · Granted Mar 15, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Oct 7, 2016
Oct 7, 2016
Term ends
Oct 7, 2036
Oct 7, 2036
Granted
Mar 15, 2022
Mar 15, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,698,757, to Oct 7, 2036. 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.
5
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 Oct 7, 2016, when applications 15/289,112 and 15/289,114, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Jun 23, 2020) | Oct 7, 2036 | 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 10,698,757) | resolves to Oct 7, 2036, 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 | Oct 7, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 62/239,179 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,210,038 | In force Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| US 10,228,996 | In force Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| US 10,698,757 | In force Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
| US 11,275,642 | this patent Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2021 Reel 55707, frame 278 | Lightbend, Inc. | Comerica Bank | Security Interest |
| Oct 20, 2021 Reel 57855, frame 210 | Sasturkar, Amit; Kejariwal, Arun; Chettiar, Uday K.; Surana, Vishal; Velipasaoglu, Omer Emre; Jain, Dhruv Hemchand; Abdelhafez, Mohamed A. | Opsclarity, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 20, 2021 Reel 57855, frame 256 | Opsclarity, Inc. | Lightbend, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 1, 2024 Reel 68233, frame 670 | Lightbend, Inc. | Espresso Capital Ltd. | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jun 11, 2025 Reel 71557, frame 332 | Lightbend, Inc. | Espresso Capital Ltd. | First Amended and Restated Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Sep 8, 2025 Reel 72185, frame 232 | Lightbend, Inc. | Comerica Bank | Security Interest |
| Feb 25, 2026 Reel 73891, frame 63 | Comerica Bank | Lightbend, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2036
Term ends Oct 7, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,698,757, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2022 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.