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Also listed on Mobli Technologies 2010 Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jul 22, 2035 · High confidence

Held by Snap Inc.
Filed Jul 22, 2015 as application 14/805,489 · Granted Dec 13, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Jul 22, 2015
Term ends
Jul 22, 2035
Granted
Dec 13, 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

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 Jul 22, 2015, when this application, 14/805,489, was filedJul 22, 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 orderJul 22, 2035High confidence

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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
Jul 28, 2015
Reel 36191, frame 871
Zimerman, Gadi; Sadeh, IdoMobli Technologies 2010 Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 9, 2017
Reel 42658, frame 240
Mobli Technologies 2010 Ltd.Snap Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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