Term ends Apr 7, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 7, 2036
Held by Oeconnection LLC
Filed Apr 7, 2016 as application 15/093,057 · Granted Aug 29, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Apr 7, 2016
Apr 7, 2016
Term ends
Apr 7, 2036
Apr 7, 2036
Granted
Aug 29, 2017
Aug 29, 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.
17
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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 7, 2016, when this application, 15/093,057, was filed | Apr 7, 2036 | 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 | 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 | Apr 7, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,615,441 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| Application 14/032,932 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,747,481 | this patent Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 9,904,829 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 9,842,238 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 9,904,910 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 10,140,488 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 10,108,831 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
8 of 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2017 Reel 42877, frame 824 | Bondarenko, Igor; Morman, Scott; Folk, Mike; Lopez, Guillermo; Truman, Sarah; Golden, Katherine | Oeconnection LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 28, 2017 Reel 44837, frame 275 | Oeconnection LLC | Antares Capital LP | Patent Security Agreement - First Lien |
| Nov 28, 2017 Reel 44900, frame 655 | Oeconnection LLC | Antares Capital LP | Patent Security Agreement - Second Lien |
| Sep 25, 2019 Reel 50490, frame 131 | Antares Capital LP, as Adminstrative Agent | Oeconnection LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at R/F 044900/0655 |
| Sep 25, 2019 Reel 50490, frame 150 | Antares Capital LP, as Adminstrative Agent | Oeconnection LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at R/F: 044837/0275 |
| Sep 25, 2019 Reel 50490, frame 601 | Oeconnection LLC | Antares Capital LP, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 26, 2019 Reel 50494, frame 775 | Oeconnection LLC | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 22, 2024 Reel 67183, frame 132 | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Oeconnection LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 23, 2024 Reel 67189, frame 495 | Oeconnection LLC | Antares Capital LP, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 23, 2024 Reel 67190, frame 91 | Antares Capital LP, as Agent | Oeconnection LLC | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Patents at R/F 050490/0601 |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2036
Term ends Apr 7, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
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