Also listed on Riskiq, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 11, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 11, 2035
Filed May 20, 2016 as application 15/161,109 · Granted Jun 20, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Nov 11, 2015
Nov 11, 2015
Term ends
Nov 11, 2035
Nov 11, 2035
Granted
Jun 20, 2017
Jun 20, 2017
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,386,037, to Nov 11, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
5
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Nov 11, 2015, when application 14/938,814, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 20, 2016) | Nov 11, 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,386,037) | resolves to Nov 11, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Nov 11, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,386,037 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| US 9,686,283 | this patent Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2016/052072 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,084,779 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 10,757,101 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2016 Reel 38684, frame 417 | Hunt, Adam; Pon, David; Kiernan, Chris; Adams, Ben; Edgeworth, Jonas; Manousos, Elias; Linn, Joseph | Riskiq, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 21, 2021 Reel 56939, frame 865 | Hunt, Adam; Pon, David; Kiernan, Chris; Adams, Ben; Edgeworth, Jonas; Manousos, Elias; Linn, Joseph | Riskiq, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 23, 2021 Reel 57581, frame 13 | Riskiq, Inc. | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 28, 2021 Reel 57619, frame 955 | Riskiq, Inc. | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Nov 2035
Term ends Nov 11, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,386,037, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2017 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.