Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 19, 2018 (Pacific Western Bank).
Term ends Jan 28, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 28, 2035
Held by Invoca, Inc.
Filed Jan 28, 2015 as application 14/608,030 · Granted Oct 20, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Jan 28, 2015
Jan 28, 2015
Term ends
Jan 28, 2035
Jan 28, 2035
Granted
Oct 20, 2015
Oct 20, 2015
base term
fee events
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.
2 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.
3
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 28, 2015, when this application, 14/608,030, was filed | Jan 28, 2035 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 28, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,167,078 | this patent Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| US 9,699,309 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| US 9,961,198 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
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 5, 2015 Reel 34895, frame 290 | Spievak, Jason S.; Kelley, Colin D.; Borda, Victor | Invoca, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 18, 2018 Reel 46903, frame 583 | Invoca, Inc. | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 19, 2018 Reel 46909, frame 908 | Invoca, Inc. | Pacific Western Bank | Security Interest |
| Oct 21, 2021 Reel 57884, frame 947 | Invoca, Inc. | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Reaffirmation of and Supplement to Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jan 28, 2022 Reel 58892, frame 404 | Invoca, Inc. | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Reaffirmation of and Supplement to Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jan 24, 2023 Reel 62463, frame 390 | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Invoca, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 14, 2026 Reel 75975, frame 126 | Invoca, Inc. | Banc of California | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Jan 2035
Term ends Jan 28, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
38
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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