Term ends Jul 21, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 21, 2030
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Sensay Technologies LLC
Filed Sep 11, 2015 as application 14/851,149 · Granted Jul 25, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jul 21, 2010
Jul 21, 2010
Term ends
Jul 21, 2030
Jul 21, 2030
Granted
Jul 25, 2017
Jul 25, 2017
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.
23
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: Medium. 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 Jul 21, 2010, when application 12/804,448, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 11, 2015); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 21, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | 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 | Jul 21, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,210,528 | In force Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| Application 12/931,153 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,232,046 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 9,715,707 | this patent Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 9,445,351 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 9,635,545 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 9,930,522 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 9,681,254 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
8 of 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2015 Reel 36541, frame 734 | Naqvi, Shamim A | TKSN Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 29, 2016 Reel 40444, frame 988 | TKSN Holdings LLC | Sensoriant, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 22, 2018 Reel 45664, frame 384 | Naqvi, Shamim A. | Sensoriant, Inc. | Quitclaim Deed |
| Mar 22, 2018 Reel 45664, frame 393 | Kolton, Anthony D. | Sensoriant, Inc. | Quitclaim Deed |
| Mar 22, 2018 Reel 45664, frame 396 | TKSN Holdings LLC | Sensoriant, Inc. | Quitclaim Deed |
| Apr 21, 2021 Reel 55997, frame 672 | Sensoriant, Inc. | Forth Ventures LLC | Security Agreement |
| Sep 17, 2021 Reel 57692, frame 302 | Forth Ventures LLC | Sensoriant, Inc. | Termination of Security Agreement @ Reel 055997 and Frame 0672 |
| Aug 6, 2026 Reel 75547, frame 863 | Sensoriant, Inc. | Sensay Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jul 2030
Term ends Jul 21, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
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