Term ends Oct 22, 2033 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 22, 2033
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 11,501,221, US 12,079,744), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Zocdoc, Inc.
Filed Jul 30, 2024 as application 18/789,189 · Granted Nov 18, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Oct 22, 2013
Oct 22, 2013
Term ends
Oct 22, 2033
Oct 22, 2033
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Nov 18, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,685,413, US 11,501,221, US 11,755,969, US 12,079,744, US 9,704,208, to Oct 22, 2033. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
8
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 resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 1 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 Oct 22, 2013, when application 14/059,957, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 30, 2024) | Oct 22, 2033 | 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 10,685,413, US 11,501,221, US 11,755,969, US 12,079,744, US 9,704,208) | resolves to Oct 22, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 22, 2033 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,704,208 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2014/061343 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,685,413 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 11,501,221 | In force no later than May 2034 | no later than May 2034 |
| US 11,755,969 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 12,079,744 | In force no later than Oct 2033 | no later than Oct 2033 |
| US 12,475,414 | this patent Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| Application 19/366,800 | Pending 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2025 Reel 71998, frame 246 | Zocdoc, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2033
Term ends Oct 22, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,685,413, US 11,501,221, US 11,755,969, US 12,079,744, US 9,704,208, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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