Term ends May 24, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 22, 2036
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 10,955,428), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Hound Labs II, LLC
Filed Mar 15, 2021 as application 17/249,817 · Granted Jan 16, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Jul 22, 2016
Jul 22, 2016
Term ends
May 24, 2036
May 24, 2036
Granted
Jan 16, 2024
Jan 16, 2024
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,408,850, US 10,955,428, US 9,933,445.
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.
3
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. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 22, 2016, when application 15/217,264, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 15, 2021) | Jul 22, 2036 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,408,850, US 10,955,428, US 9,933,445) | capped to May 24, 2036 | Medium 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 | May 24, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,933,445 | In force Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| US 10,955,428 | In force no later than Mar 2037 | no later than Mar 2037 |
| US 11,874,286 | this patent May 2036 | May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2024 Reel 67578, frame 300 | Hound Labs, Inc. | Horizon Technology Finance Corporation | Security Interest |
| Oct 9, 2025 Reel 73058, frame 240 | Hound Labs II, LLC | Horizon Technology Finance Corporation, as Lender and Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 25, 2025 Reel 73715, frame 174 | Hound Labs, Inc. | HL (ABC), LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 26, 2025 Reel 73786, frame 415 | HL (ABC), LLC | Hound Labs II, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
May 2036
Term ends May 24, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,408,850, US 10,955,428, US 9,933,445.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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