Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 30, 2023 (Hercules Capital, Inc.).
Term ends Dec 16, 2035 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 16, 2035
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Saama Technologies, LLC
Filed Jan 3, 2016 as application 14/986,707 · Granted Feb 20, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Dec 16, 2015
Dec 16, 2015
Term ends
Dec 16, 2035
Dec 16, 2035
Granted
Feb 20, 2018
Feb 20, 2018
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.
6
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 Dec 16, 2015, when application 14/971,885, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 3, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 16, 2035 | 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 | Dec 16, 2035 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,776,359 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| Application 14/975,778 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,078,843 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 9,898,709 | this patent Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| Application 14/987,573 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,599,841 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
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 19, 2016 Reel 38653, frame 71 | Anisingaraju, Vidya; Katta, Suresh | Saama Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 12, 2018 Reel 44611, frame 981 | Saama Technologies, Inc. | Western Alliance Bank | Security Interest |
| Mar 21, 2019 Reel 48672, frame 577 | Saama Technologies, Inc. | Perceptive Credit Holdings II, LP | Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 21, 2019 Reel 48672, frame 585 | Western Alliance Bank | Saama Technologies, Inc. | Reassignment and Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 29, 2023 Reel 64119, frame 890 | Perceptive Credit Holdings II, L.P. | Saama Technologies, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Jun 29, 2023 Reel 64165, frame 578 | Saama Technologies, Inc. | Saama Technologies, LLC | Entity Conversion |
| Jun 30, 2023 Reel 64127, frame 314 | Saama Technologies, LLC | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2035
Term ends Dec 16, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
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