Lapsed Mar 22, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 8, 2037
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Strategy Inc.
Filed Nov 27, 2019 as application 16/697,375 · Granted Mar 22, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Mar 22, 2026
2017
2037
Clock starts
Feb 8, 2017
Feb 8, 2017
No longer in force
Mar 22, 2026
Mar 22, 2026
Granted
Mar 22, 2022
Mar 22, 2022
Term would have run to
Feb 8, 2037
Feb 8, 2037
base term
after the term ends
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.
0 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.
Its term would have run to Feb 8, 2037: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Feb 8, 2017, when applications 15/427,675 and 15/427,816, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Nov 27, 2019) | Feb 8, 2037 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Mar 22, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 22, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,440,153 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| Application 15/427,816 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,102,331 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 11,283,900 | this patent Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 11,671,505 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
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 4, 2020 Reel 52017, frame 339 | Myers, Clayton; Smith, Andrew; Lang, Timothy; Carames, Herminio | Microstrategy Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2021 Reel 56647, frame 687 | Microstrategy Incorporated | U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 17, 2023 Reel 62794, frame 255 | Microstrategy Incorporated; Microstrategy Services Corporation | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Successor in Interest to U.S. Bank National Association, in Its Capacity as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties | Supplementary Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 26, 2024 Reel 69065, frame 539 | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Successor in Interest to U.S. Bank National Association, in Its Capacity as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties | Microstrategy Incorporated; Microstrategy Services Corporation | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement at Reel/Frame: 056647/0687, Reel/Frame: 057435/0023, Reel/Frame: 059256/0247, Reel/Frame: 062794/0255 and Reel/Frame: 066663/0713 |
| Sep 26, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Successor in Interest to U.S. Bank National Association, in Its Capacity as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties | Microstrategy Incorporated | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement at Reel/Frame: 056647/0687, Reel/Frame: 057435/0023, Reel/Frame: 059256/0247, Reel/Frame: 062794/0255 and Reel/Frame: 066663/0713 |
| Sep 26, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Successor in Interest to U.S. Bank National Association, in Its Capacity as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties | Microstrategy Services Corporation | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement at Reel/Frame: 056647/0687, Reel/Frame: 057435/0023, Reel/Frame: 059256/0247, Reel/Frame: 062794/0255 and Reel/Frame: 066663/0713 |
| Sep 19, 2025 Reel 72974, frame 529 | Microstrategy Incorporated | Strategy Inc. | Change of Name |
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