Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 6, 2023 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ends Apr 12, 2043 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 12, 2043
Held by Bandwidth Inc.
Filed Apr 12, 2023 as application 18/133,614 · Granted Sep 12, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2023
2043
Clock starts
Apr 12, 2023
Apr 12, 2023
Term ends
Apr 12, 2043
Apr 12, 2043
Granted
Sep 12, 2023
Sep 12, 2023
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 12, 2023, when this application, 18/133,614, was filed | Apr 12, 2043 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | 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 | Apr 12, 2043 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,758,049 | this patent Apr 2043 | Apr 2043 |
| US 11,849,064 | In force Sep 2043 | Sep 2043 |
| US 12,238,245 | In force Oct 2043 | Oct 2043 |
| US 11,941,970 | In force Oct 2043 | Oct 2043 |
| US 12,261,979 | In force Apr 2044 | Apr 2044 |
| US 12,192,863 | In force May 2044 | May 2044 |
| US 12,278,761 | In force Nov 2044 | Nov 2044 |
| US 12,756,993 | In force Nov 2044 | Nov 2044 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2023 Reel 63312, frame 409 | Gentry, William; Greene, Mark; Green, Alexander Weston; Robertson, Elijah Tirrell; Jogithaya, Nayan Raj | Bandwidth Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 6, 2023 Reel 64807, frame 346 | Bandwidth Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Apr 2043
Term ends Apr 12, 2043. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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