Term ends Mar 26, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 14, 2036
Held by Id.me, LLC
Filed Aug 30, 2019 as application 16/557,161 · Granted Apr 19, 2022
Base term plus 259 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
Oct 14, 2016
Oct 14, 2016
Term ends
Mar 26, 2037
Mar 26, 2037
Granted
Apr 19, 2022
Apr 19, 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
259
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,469,492.
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.
9
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 259 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 14, 2016, when application 15/294,434, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 30, 2019) | Oct 14, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +259 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 30, 2037 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,469,492) | capped to Mar 26, 2037 | 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 | Mar 26, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,469,492 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 |
| US 11,310,231 | this patent Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| US 11,451,544 | In force Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
| US 12,113,791 | In force no later than Oct 2036 | no later than Oct 2036 |
| US 12,676,858 | In force Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
| Application 19/677,234 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/677,307 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/677,269 | Pending not computed | not computed |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2019 Reel 50225, frame 851 | Hall, Blake | Id.me, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 7, 2021 Reel 57435, frame 807 | Id.me, Inc. | Fortress Credit Corp., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 22, 2025 Reel 69988, frame 23 | Fortress Credit Corp. | Id.me, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 057435/FRAME 0807 |
| Jan 22, 2025 Reel 69989, frame 493 | Id.me, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| May 9, 2025 Reel 71248, frame 794 | Id.me, Inc. | Id.me, LLC | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Mar 2037
Term ends Mar 26, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 259 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,469,492.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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