Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 14, 2026 (Hercules Capital, Inc.).
Term ends May 16, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 22, 2033
Held by Sondermind Inc.
Filed Aug 18, 2014 as application 14/462,142 · Granted Oct 25, 2016
Base term plus 320 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2013
2034
Clock starts
Oct 22, 2013
Oct 22, 2013
Term ends
May 16, 2034
May 16, 2034
Granted
Oct 25, 2016
Oct 25, 2016
base term
patent term adjustment
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
320
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,420,970.
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.
9
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 320 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 22, 2013, when application 14/059,682, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 18, 2014) | Oct 22, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +320 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 7, 2034 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,420,970) | capped to May 16, 2034 | 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 16, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,420,970 | In force May 2034 | May 2034 |
| US 9,474,481 | this patent May 2034 | May 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2014/052227 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2014/052222 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,538,948 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 9,693,724 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 9,687,187 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| Application 15/607,377 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2014 Reel 33556, frame 286 | Dagum, Paul | Mindstrong, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 7, 2020 Reel 51750, frame 160 | Mindstrong, LLC | Mindstrong, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 17, 2023 Reel 63673, frame 23 | Mindstrong, Inc. | Sondermind Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 11, 2024 Reel 67691, frame 35 | Sondermind Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jul 14, 2026 Reel 75267, frame 62 | Sondermind Inc.; Sondermind Provider Network, LLC | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 21, 2026 Reel 75344, frame 500 | JPMorgan Chase Bank | Sondermind Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2034
Term ends May 16, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 320 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,420,970.
Citations
68
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.