Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 23, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Apr 20, 2040 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 20, 2040
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Nextivity, Inc.
Filed Jan 4, 2021 as application 17/141,180 · Granted Jan 7, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Apr 20, 2020
Apr 20, 2020
Term ends
Apr 20, 2040
Apr 20, 2040
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Jan 7, 2025
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: 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 Apr 20, 2020, when application 16/853,646, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 4, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 20, 2040 | 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 | 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 20, 2040 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,019,593 | In force Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
| Application 16/853,646 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,192,689 | this patent Apr 2040 | Apr 2040 |
| US 11,785,574 | In force Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
| US 12,309,739 | In force Jul 2040 | Jul 2040 |
| Application PCT/US2022/011167 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2022/037681 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 18/094,950 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2021 Reel 55146, frame 500 | Lotter, Michiel Petrus | Nextivity, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 23, 2022 Reel 62213, frame 590 | Nextivity, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jun 7, 2024 Reel 67666, frame 1 | Nextivity, Inc. | Wti Fund X, Inc. | Security Interest |
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Apr 2040
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