Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 11, 2021 (Ares Capital Corporation).
Term ends Sep 24, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 11, 2031
Held by Clearcare, Inc.
Filed Jul 11, 2011 as application 13/180,447 · Granted Nov 21, 2017
Base term plus 806 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2033
Clock starts
Jul 11, 2011
Jul 11, 2011
Term ends
Sep 24, 2033
Sep 24, 2033
Granted
Nov 21, 2017
Nov 21, 2017
base term
patent term adjustment
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
806
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
13
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 runs 806 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Jul 11, 2011, when this application, 13/180,447, was filed | Jul 11, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +806 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 24, 2033 | 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 | Sep 24, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,824,334 | this patent Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| Application 13/277,146 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 13/293,039 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 13/420,506 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 13/444,737 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 13/494,901 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 13/571,305 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 13/625,718 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2011 Reel 27087, frame 981 | Nudd, Geoffrey Howard | Clearcare, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 26, 2016 Reel 39843, frame 976 | Clearcare, Inc.; CC Acquisition Co.; Cco Insurance Solutions LLC | Ally Bank | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Apr 10, 2017 Reel 41945, frame 854 | Clearcare, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank, As Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 10, 2017 Reel 42205, frame 801 | Ally Bank | Clearcare, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 11, 2017 Reel 42231, frame 681 | Ally Bank | Clearcare, Inc.; CC Acquisition Co.; Cco Insurance Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 11, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Ally Bank | Clearcare, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 11, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Ally Bank | CC Acquisition Co. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 11, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Ally Bank | Cco Insurance Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 12, 2019 Reel 50992, frame 228 | Silicon Valley Bank, As Agent | Clearcare, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Nov 13, 2019 Reel 50994, frame 31 | Clearcare, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement First Lien |
| Nov 14, 2019 Reel 51003, frame 514 | Clearcare, Inc. | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 10, 2021 Reel 55551, frame 636 | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Clearcare, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 11, 2021 Reel 55564, frame 354 | Wellsky Human & Social Services Corporation; Wellsky Home Health & Hospice Corporation; Clearcare, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 16, 2021 Reel 55608, frame 633 | Wellsky Corporation; Wellsky Human & Social Services Corporation; Well Sky Home Health & Hospice Corporation; Clearcare, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 18, 2021 Reel 55634, frame 534 | Bank of America, N.A., as Agent | Clearcare, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 15, 2024 Reel 69175, frame 138 | Ares Capital Corporation, As Predecessor Agent | Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Successor Agent | Notice of Successor Agent and Assignment of Security Interest (Intellectual Property) |
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Sep 2033
Term ends Sep 24, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 806 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
96
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