Term ends Jan 15, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 15, 2035
Held by Smart Wires, Inc.
Filed Nov 13, 2015 as application 14/940,910 · Granted Sep 5, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Jan 15, 2015
Jan 15, 2015
Term ends
Jan 15, 2035
Jan 15, 2035
Granted
Sep 5, 2017
Sep 5, 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 9,217,762, to Jan 15, 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.
3
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 Jan 15, 2015, when application 14/597,377, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 13, 2015) | Jan 15, 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 9,217,762) | resolves to Jan 15, 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 | Jan 15, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,217,762 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| US 9,753,059 | this patent Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| Application 15/668,448 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2015 Reel 37056, frame 24 | Ross, Stuart E.; Starodubtsev, Yuli; New Potato Technologies, Inc. | Smart Wire Grid, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 17, 2015 Reel 37056, frame 522 | Kreikebaum, Frank; Phillipsen, Paul | Smart Wire Grid, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 17, 2015 Reel 37124, frame 282 | Smart Wire Grid, Inc. | Smart Wires, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 20, 2019 Reel 49951, frame 548 | Smart Wires Inc. | Smart Wires Credit Facility, LLC | Security Agreement |
| Jun 22, 2020 Reel 53000, frame 25 | Smart Wires Inc. | Blue Torch Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2020 Reel 53017, frame 985 | Smart Wires Credit Facility, LLC | Smart Wires Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 28, 2021 Reel 56423, frame 448 | Blue Torch Finance LLC | Smart Wires Inc. | Release and Termination of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Jan 10, 2022 Reel 58653, frame 190 | Smart Wires Inc. | Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP | Intellectual Property Securityagreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2035
Term ends Jan 15, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,217,762, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
193
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.