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US 11,971,981 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Okera, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 3, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends no later than Jul 22, 2040 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Filed Feb 17, 2023 as application 18/170,585 · Granted Apr 30, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2040
Clock starts
Jul 22, 2020
Ends no later than
Jul 22, 2040
Granted
Apr 30, 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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
4
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 is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 22, 2020, when application 16/935,690, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 17, 2023)Jul 22, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Jul 22, 2040Medium confidence

This family

US 11,609,986In force
Jan 2041
Jan 2041
US 11,971,981this patent
no later than Jul 2040
no later than Jul 2040
US 12,511,372In force
Jul 2040
Jul 2040
Application 19/404,167Pending
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Apr 21, 2023
Reel 63402, frame 332
Khurana, Amandeep; Li, NongOkera, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 6, 2025
Reel 69825, frame 419
Databricks, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jan 17, 2025
Reel 69919, frame 445
Okera, Inc.Databricks, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 3, 2025
Reel 72456, frame 740
Databricks, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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