Also listed on Meta Company, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 22, 2019 (K&L Gates LLP).
Term ends Feb 14, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 14, 2037
Held by Meta View, Inc.
Filed Feb 14, 2017 as application 15/432,846 · Granted Mar 27, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Feb 14, 2017
Feb 14, 2017
Term ends
Feb 14, 2037
Feb 14, 2037
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Mar 27, 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.
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 14, 2017, when this application, 15/432,846, was filed | Feb 14, 2037 | 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 (reinstated) | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 14, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,928,661 | this patent Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 10,037,629 | In force (reinstated) Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| Application 16/047,866 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2017 Reel 41711, frame 691 | Kinstner, Zachary R.; Chun Hing Lo, Raymond; Frank, Rebecca B. | Meta Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 10, 2017 Reel 43829, frame 38 | Meta Company | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Oct 10, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Meta Company | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Oct 10, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Meta Company | Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Dec 7, 2017 Reel 44746, frame 193 | Kinstner, Zachary R.; Lo, Raymond Chun Hing; Frank, Rebecca B. | Meta Company | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Spelling of 2ND Inventor's Name Previously Recorded on Reel 041711 Frame 0691. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| May 15, 2018 Reel 45813, frame 554 | Meta Company | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| May 15, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Meta Company | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| May 15, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Meta Company | Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Oct 16, 2018 Reel 47240, frame 864 | Meta Company | K&L Gates LLP | Security Interest |
| Jan 3, 2019 Reel 49038, frame 277 | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Meta View, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 1, 2019 Reel 50110, frame 688 | K&L Gates LLP | Meta View, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 22, 2019 Reel 48964, frame 953 | Meta Company | K&L Gates LLP | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrect Appl. No. 15/587,105 Previously Recorded at Reel: 047240 Frame: 0864. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2037
Term ends Feb 14, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
19
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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