Collateral for a security interest recorded May 1, 2024 (Advantage Capital Management LLC, as Adminstrative Agent).

Term ends Mar 25, 2030 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Inkling Systems, Inc.

Filed Aug 19, 2011 as application 13/213,994 · Granted Aug 5, 2014

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Mar 25, 2030

2010 2030

Clock starts
Mar 25, 2010

Term ends
Mar 25, 2030

Granted
Aug 5, 2014

base term fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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.

3 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.

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. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record

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Step	Input	Date after this step	Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filing	Clock starts Mar 25, 2010, when application 12/731,656, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 19, 2011)	Mar 25, 2030	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	None on record	no cap applied	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	3 of 3 maintenance fees paid	In force	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Mar 25, 2030	High confidence

This family

US 8,799,765	In force Oct 2030	Oct 2030
US 9,632,985	In force Mar 2033	Mar 2033
US 8,799,493	this patent Mar 2030	Mar 2030
US 10,042,530	In force Aug 2030	Aug 2030
US 10,860,187	In force Mar 2030	Mar 2030

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
May 3, 2012 Reel 28160, frame 197	Macinnis, Charles M.; Cromwell, Robert; Forman, Joshua John; Knowles, Kenneth Lorenz; Cho, Peter S.; Campiranon, Chatree; Haney, Aaron; Ballard, Kevin; Kyle, Scott William; Halsall, Anne K.	Inkling Systems, Inc.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 1, 2016 Reel 38329, frame 545	Inkling Systems, Inc.	Triplepoint Capital LLC	Security Interest
Dec 12, 2016 Reel 40714, frame 268	Inkling Systems, Inc.	Silicon Valley Bank	Security Interest
Feb 15, 2018 Reel 45346, frame 794	Triplepoint Capital LLC	Inkling Systems, Inc.	Release of Security Interest
Feb 15, 2018 Reel 45347, frame 274	Silicon Valley Bank	Inkling Systems, Inc.	Release of Security Interest
Mar 6, 2018 Reel 45506, frame 160	Inkling Systems, Inc.; Ink Midco LLC	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	Patent Security Agreement
Mar 16, 2018 Reel 45611, frame 800	Triplepoint Capital LLC	Inkling Systems, Inc.	Release of Security Interest
Mar 16, 2018 Reel 45612, frame 869	Silicon Valley Bank	Inkling Systems, Inc.	Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement
May 1, 2024 Reel 67289, frame 1	Echo 360, Inc.; Echo 360 Continuing Education, LLC; Echo 360 Holdings, Inc.; Turning Acquisition, Inc.; Turning Tech Intermediate, Inc.; Turning Tech LLC; Turning Tech Holdings, LLC; Turning Technologies, LLC; Responsive Innovations, LLC; Response Tools, LLC; Inkling Systems, Inc.	Advantage Capital Management LLC, as Adminstrative Agent	Security Interest
May 1, 2024 reel/frame not recorded	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	Inkling Systems, Inc.	Release of Security Interest
May 1, 2024 reel/frame not recorded	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	Ink Midco LLC	Release of Security Interest
May 1, 2024 Reel 67285, frame 617	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association	Inkling Systems, Inc.; Ink Midco LLC	Release of Security Interest
May 12, 2025 Reel 71276, frame 781	Turning Tech Intermediate, Inc.; Turning Acquisition, Inc.; Echo 360, Inc.; Echo 360 Holdings, Inc.; Echo 360 Continuing Education, LLC; Turning Tech LLC; Turning Tech Holdings, LLC; Turning Technologies, LLC; Response Tools, LLC; Inkling Systems, Inc.; Speakworks, Inc.; Responsive Innovations, LLC	Advantage Capital Management LLC	Security Interest

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Mar 2030

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