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US 11,954,994 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 31, 2025 (Midcap Financial Trust).

Term ends Oct 25, 2039 · High confidence

Filed Dec 20, 2022 as application 18/085,152 · Granted Apr 9, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
Oct 25, 2019
Term ends
Oct 25, 2039
Granted
Apr 9, 2024
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.
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 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

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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 25, 2019, when application 16/664,565, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 20, 2022)Oct 25, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 25, 2039High confidence

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US 11,954,994this patent
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US 12,340,677In force
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Application 19/214,612Pending
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 22, 2022
Reel 62179, frame 291
Ellenbogen, Michael; Rose, Alec; Lorenz, Peter; Cahill, ChristopherEvolv Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 31, 2025
Reel 71902, frame 1
Evolv Technologies, Inc.; Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc.Midcap Financial TrustSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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