Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 7, 2023 (Blue Owl Credit Income Corp.).
Term ends Jan 25, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 24, 2039
Held by Certinia Inc.
Filed Sep 29, 2020 as application 17/037,641 · Granted Jun 28, 2022
Base term plus 1 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Jan 24, 2019
Jan 24, 2019
Term ends
Jan 25, 2039
Jan 25, 2039
Granted
Jun 28, 2022
Jun 28, 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
1
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,846,481, to Jan 25, 2039. 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.
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 1 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Jan 24, 2019, when application 16/256,069, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 29, 2020) | Jan 24, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 25, 2039 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,846,481) | resolves to Jan 25, 2039, 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 | Jan 25, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,846,481 | In force May 2039 | May 2039 |
| US 11,373,046 | this patent Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 11,741,311 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 12,026,470 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2020 Reel 54789, frame 24 | Willcock, Stephen Paul; Wood, Matthew David | Financialforce.com, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 15, 2021 Reel 56872, frame 236 | Financialforce.com, Inc. | Obsidian Agency Services, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Feb 21, 2022 Reel 59204, frame 323 | Financialforce.com, Inc. | Keybank National Association | Security Interest |
| Mar 24, 2022 Reel 59389, frame 501 | Obsidian Agency Services, Inc. | Financialforce.com, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 20, 2023 Reel 64042, frame 206 | Financialforce.com, Inc. | Certinia Inc. | Change of Name |
| Aug 4, 2023 Reel 64502, frame 117 | Keybank National Association, As Administrative Agent | Certinia, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in United States Patents |
| Aug 7, 2023 Reel 64510, frame 495 | Certinia Inc. | Blue Owl Credit Income Corp., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 12, 2024 Reel 68948, frame 361 | Certinia Inc. | Certinia Inc. | Change of Address |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2039
Term ends Jan 25, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,846,481, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
18
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.