Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 23, 2026 (Ares Capital Corporation).
Term ends May 15, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 15, 2035
Held by TRX Systems, Inc.
Filed May 15, 2015 as application 14/714,212 · Granted Jul 19, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
May 15, 2015
May 15, 2015
Term ends
May 15, 2035
May 15, 2035
Granted
Jul 19, 2016
Jul 19, 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.
10
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 May 15, 2015, when this application, 14/714,212, was filed | May 15, 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 | May 15, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,733,091 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2014/024881 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,395,190 | this patent May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 9,983,012 | In force May 2034 | May 2034 |
| US 10,352,707 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US 10,852,145 | In force May 2034 | May 2034 |
| US 11,199,412 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US 11,156,464 | In force May 2034 | May 2034 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2015 Reel 36751, frame 521 | Young, Travis; Kordari, Kamiar; Funk, Benjamin; Teolis, Carole | TRX Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 23, 2026 Reel 75170, frame 859 | Freeflight Acquisition Corporation; Acr Electronics, Inc.; TRX Systems, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
May 2035
Term ends May 15, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
47
later US patents cite this one
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