Term ends Nov 17, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 28, 2036
Held by Zocdoc, Inc.
Filed Jun 3, 2021 as application 17/338,275 · Granted Jul 18, 2023
Base term plus 112 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Jul 28, 2016
Jul 28, 2016
Term ends
Nov 17, 2036
Nov 17, 2036
Granted
Jul 18, 2023
Jul 18, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
112
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 11,056,230, to Nov 17, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
This patent's term runs 112 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. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Jul 28, 2016, when application 15/222,094, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 3, 2021) | Jul 28, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +112 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 17, 2036 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,056,230) | resolves to Nov 17, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 17, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,056,230 | In force Sep 2038 | Sep 2038 |
| Application PCT/US2017/043585 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,705,241 | this patent Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 12,068,072 | In force no later than Jul 2036 | no later than Jul 2036 |
| Application 18/772,944 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2024 Reel 67473, frame 648 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Nov 2036
Term ends Nov 17, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 112 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 11,056,230, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite 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.