Term ends Mar 11, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 11, 2036
Held by Smart Wires Inc.
Filed Jul 28, 2020 as application 16/941,196 · Granted Feb 28, 2023
Base term plus 338 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Mar 11, 2016
Mar 11, 2016
Term ends
Mar 11, 2036
Mar 11, 2036
Granted
Feb 28, 2023
Feb 28, 2023
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
338
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 10,749,341.
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.
7
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 338 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 Mar 11, 2016, when application 15/068,397, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 28, 2020) | Mar 11, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +338 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 12, 2037 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,749,341) | capped to Mar 11, 2036 | 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 11, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,097,037 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2016/063200 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,218,175 | In force no later than Jun 2036 | no later than Jun 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2017/017559 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,559,975 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 10,749,341 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 11,594,887 | this patent Mar 2036 | Mar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2020 Reel 53339, frame 687 | Inam, Haroon; Kreikebaum, Frank; Das, Debrup; Iyer, Amrit; Zhou, Aaron | Smart Wires Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 26, 2021 Reel 55419, frame 449 | Smart Wires Inc. | Blue Torch Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| May 28, 2021 Reel 56423, frame 443 | Blue Torch Finance LLC | Smart Wires Inc. | Release and Termination of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Jan 10, 2022 Reel 58653, frame 190 | Smart Wires Inc. | Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP | Intellectual Property Securityagreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2036
Term ends Mar 11, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 338 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 10,749,341.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2023 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.