Term ends Mar 13, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 13, 2033
Held by Id.me, LLC
Filed Mar 9, 2021 as application 17/195,710 · Granted Apr 18, 2023
Base term plus 65 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Mar 13, 2013
Mar 13, 2013
Term ends
Mar 13, 2033
Mar 13, 2033
Granted
Apr 18, 2023
Apr 18, 2023
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
65
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 10,592,645, US 10,977,344.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 65 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 2 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 13, 2013, when application 13/799,997, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 9, 2021) | Mar 13, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +65 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 17, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,592,645, US 10,977,344) | capped to Mar 13, 2033 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 13, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,592,645 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
| US 10,977,344 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 11,630,885 | this patent Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 11,966,457 | In force no later than Mar 2033 | no later than Mar 2033 |
| US 12,437,041 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| Application 19/326,942 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/326,933 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 9, 2021 Reel 55528, frame 703 | Hall, Blake; Thompson, Matthew; Tony, Tony; Kern, William | 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 |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2033
Term ends Mar 13, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 65 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 10,592,645, US 10,977,344.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.