Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 7, 2025 (KKR Loan Administration Services LLC).
Term ends Oct 14, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 14, 2028
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Jepap, LLC
Filed Aug 5, 2015 as application 14/818,445 · Granted May 24, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Oct 14, 2008
Oct 14, 2008
Term ends
Oct 14, 2028
Oct 14, 2028
Granted
May 24, 2016
May 24, 2016
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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 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 14, 2008, when application 12/250,880, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 5, 2015); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 14, 2028 | 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 | 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 | Oct 14, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,370,749 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| Application 13/722,786 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,678,643 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 9,348,494 | this patent Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 9,305,297 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
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 9, 2018 Reel 45156, frame 322 | Givegab, Inc. | Jepap, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 22, 2018 Reel 45605, frame 536 | Pacific Western Bank | Givegab, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 22, 2018 Reel 45605, frame 529 | Kimbia, Inc. | Givegab, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 21, 2018 Reel 46639, frame 96 | Jepap, LLC | Givegab, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 30, 2021 Reel 56106, frame 485 | Givegab, Inc. | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interests in Patents |
| Sep 8, 2021 Reel 57437, frame 646 | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Givegab, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 8, 2021 Reel 57507, frame 20 | Givegab, Inc. | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 7, 2025 Reel 70441, frame 73 | Golub Capital Markets LLC | Givegab, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 057507, Frame 0020 |
| Mar 7, 2025 Reel 70443, frame 753 | Everyaction, Inc. | KKR Loan Administration Services LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2028
Term ends Oct 14, 2028. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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