Term ends Feb 20, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 25, 2033
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by 4WEB, LLC
Filed Oct 30, 2020 as application 17/085,407 · Granted Oct 15, 2024
Base term plus 878 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2036
Clock starts
Sep 25, 2013
Sep 25, 2013
Term ends
Feb 20, 2036
Feb 20, 2036
Granted
Oct 15, 2024
Oct 15, 2024
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
878
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
12
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 878 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 2 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 Sep 25, 2013, when application 14/036,974, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 30, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 25, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +878 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 20, 2036 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 20, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,271,845 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| Application 15/057,182 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,549,823 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 9,572,669 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 9,757,235 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 9,987,137 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 10,849,756 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 12,115,071 | this patent Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2021 Reel 57999, frame 908 | Hunt, Jessee; Carmody, Cameron N.; Ganey, Timothy | 4WEB, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 22, 2024 Reel 66873, frame 807 | SWK Funding LLC | 4WEB, Inc. | Partial Release of Intellectual Property Security Interest |
| Apr 5, 2024 Reel 67024, frame 252 | 4WEB, Inc. | 4WEB, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2036
Term ends Feb 20, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 878 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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