Collateral for a security interest recorded May 1, 2024 (Advantage Capital Management LLC, as Adminstrative Agent).
Term ends Oct 25, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 25, 2030
Held by Inkling Systems, Inc.
Filed Mar 25, 2010 as application 12/731,656 · Granted Aug 5, 2014
Base term plus 214 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Mar 25, 2010
Mar 25, 2010
Term ends
Oct 25, 2030
Oct 25, 2030
Granted
Aug 5, 2014
Aug 5, 2014
base term
patent term adjustment
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
214
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
5
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 214 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. 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 Mar 25, 2010, when this application, 12/731,656, was filed | Mar 25, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +214 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 25, 2030 | 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 | Oct 25, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,799,765 | this patent Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,632,985 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 8,799,493 | In force 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2010 Reel 24138, frame 135 | Macinnes, Charles M; Forman, Joshua John; Halsall, Anne K.; Ballard, Kevin; Cho, Peter S.; Kyle, Scott William; Cromwell, Robert | Standard Nine, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 22, 2012 Reel 28252, frame 956 | Standard Nine Inc. | Inkling Systems, Inc. | Change of Name |
| 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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Oct 2030
Term ends Oct 25, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 214 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
45
later US patents cite this one
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