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Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 2, 2025 (Acquiom Agency Services LLC).

Term ends Jan 26, 2035 · High confidence

Held by Syndigo LLC
Filed Jan 26, 2015 as application 14/605,917 · Granted Nov 8, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Jan 26, 2015
Term ends
Jan 26, 2035
Granted
Nov 8, 2016
base term fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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.

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 Jan 26, 2015, when this application, 14/605,917, was filedJan 26, 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 orderJan 26, 2035High confidence

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
Feb 5, 2015
Reel 34901, frame 902
Feinleib, DavidContent Analytics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 17, 2019
Reel 49214, frame 63
Content Analytics, Inc.Twin Brook Capital Partners, LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
May 18, 2020
Reel 52692, frame 813
Content Analytics, Inc.Syndigo LLCMerger
Dec 15, 2020
Reel 54766, frame 395
Twin Brook Capital Partners, LLCContent Analytics, Inc.Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 049214/0063
Dec 15, 2020
Reel 54766, frame 599
Syndigo LLC; Sellpoints Inc.Jefferies Finance LLCFirst Lien Security Agreement
Dec 15, 2020
Reel 54766, frame 617
Syndigo LLC; Sellpoints Inc.Jefferies Finance LLCSecond Lien Security Agreement
Sep 2, 2025
Reel 72810, frame 575
Syndigo LLC; 1WORLDSYNC, Inc.; Powerreviews, Inc.; Powerreviews Oc, LLCAcquiom Agency Services LLC, as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Sep 3, 2025
Reel 72784, frame 920
Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral AgentSyndigo LLCRelease of 1L Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 054766/0599
Sep 3, 2025
Reel 72817, frame 757
Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral AgentSyndigo LLCRelease of 2L Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 054766/0617

Sources

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

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