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System and Method for Programmatically Accessing Financial Data

US 9,449,346 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 15, 2020 (Silicon Valley Bank).

Term ends May 21, 2035 · High confidence

Held by Plaid Inc.
Filed Jul 2, 2015 as application 14/790,840 · Granted Sep 20, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
May 21, 2015
Term ends
May 21, 2035
Granted
Sep 20, 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.
8
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

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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 21, 2015, when application 14/719,110, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 2, 2015)May 21, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 21, 2035High confidence

This family

Application 14/719,110Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 9,449,346this patent
May 2035
May 2035
US 10,319,029In force
May 2035
May 2035
US 11,030,682In force
May 2035
May 2035
US 11,798,072In force
May 2035
May 2035
US 11,922,492In force
May 2035
May 2035
US 12,148,028In force
no later than May 2035
no later than May 2035
US 12,762,613In force
May 2035
May 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 10, 2015
Reel 36289, frame 375
Hockey, William; Li, Charles; Perret, ZachPlaid Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 11, 2015
Reel 37276, frame 571
Hockey, William; Li, Charles; Perret, ZachPlaid Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 14, 2019
Reel 51018, frame 31
Plaid Technologies, Inc.Plaid Inc.Change of Name
Jul 15, 2020
Reel 53211, frame 898
Plaid Inc.; Quovo, Inc.; Rambler Trellis LLCSilicon Valley BankSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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