Term ends Oct 14, 2036 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 14, 2036
Held by Id.me, LLC
Filed Sep 3, 2024 as application 18/822,686 · Granted Jul 7, 2026
Base term plus 70 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Oct 14, 2016
Oct 14, 2016
Term ends
Oct 14, 2036
Oct 14, 2036
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Jul 7, 2026
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
70
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 12,113,791.
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.
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 runs 70 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 14, 2016, when application 15/294,434, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 3, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 14, 2036 | 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 | +70 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 23, 2036 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 12,113,791) | capped to Oct 14, 2036 | Medium 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 | Oct 14, 2036 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 10,469,492 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 |
| US 11,310,231 | In force Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| US 11,451,544 | In force Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
| US 12,113,791 | In force no later than Oct 2036 | no later than Oct 2036 |
| US 12,676,858 | this patent Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
| Application 19/677,234 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/677,307 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/677,269 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2024 Reel 68480, frame 191 | Hall, Blake | Id.me, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 22, 2025 Reel 69989, frame 493 | Id.me, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| May 9, 2025 Reel 71248, frame 794 | Id.me, Inc. | Id.me, LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2036
Term ends Oct 14, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 70 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 12,113,791.
Citations
We have no citation count for this patent yet. That is not the same as never having been cited.
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.