Term ends Aug 25, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 1, 2031
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Ames Tools Corporation
Filed Jun 6, 2016 as application 15/174,734 · Granted Jun 19, 2018
Base term plus 85 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Jun 1, 2011
Jun 1, 2011
Term ends
Aug 25, 2031
Aug 25, 2031
Granted
Jun 19, 2018
Jun 19, 2018
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
85
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,359,777, to Aug 25, 2031. 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 runs 85 days past its 20-year base term on 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: 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 Jun 1, 2011, when application 13/151,252, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 6, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 1, 2031 | 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 | +85 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 25, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,359,777) | resolves to Aug 25, 2031, 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 | Aug 25, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,359,777 | In force Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| US 10,000,048 | this patent Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
2 of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 2017 Reel 41202, frame 976 | Axia Acquisition Corporation | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 20, 2017 Reel 43636, frame 580 | Axia Acquisition Corporation | LBC Credit Agency Services, LLC | Security Interest |
| Oct 17, 2017 Reel 44968, frame 761 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Axia Acquisition Holding Corporation | Release |
| Sep 21, 2021 Reel 57548, frame 418 | Jungklaus, Matthew W. | Axia Acquisition Corporation; Graco Inc. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Sep 21, 2021 Reel 57548, frame 585 | Wrobel, Steven J. | Axia Acquisition Corporation; Graco Inc. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Sep 21, 2021 Reel 57548, frame 797 | Horning, Jeromy D. | Axia Acquisition Corporation; Graco Inc. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Sep 21, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Horning, Jeromy D. | Axia Acquisition Corporation | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Sep 21, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Horning, Jeromy D. | Graco Inc. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Sep 21, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Wrobel, Steven J. | Axia Acquisition Corporation | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Sep 21, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Wrobel, Steven J. | Graco Inc. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Sep 21, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jungklaus, Matthew W. | Axia Acquisition Corporation | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Sep 21, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jungklaus, Matthew W. | Graco Inc. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Oct 19, 2021 Reel 57859, frame 357 | Axia Acquisition Corporation | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Nature of Conveyance Security Interest Previously Recorded at Reel: 041202 Frame: 0976. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jan 26, 2022 Reel 58778, frame 513 | Ames Tools Corporation | Wells Fargo Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| May 10, 2023 Reel 63606, frame 603 | LBC Credit Agency Services, LLC | Axia Acquisition Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| May 12, 2023 Reel 63633, frame 308 | Ames Tools Corporation (F/K/A Axia Acquisition Corporation) | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement |
| May 25, 2023 Reel 63767, frame 842 | Axia Acquisition Corporation; Ames Taping Tools Holding LLC; Axia Acquisition Holding Corporation; Axia Acquisition Corporation | Ames Tools Corporation | Merger and Change of Name |
| Sep 4, 2025 Reel 72804, frame 308 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as Successor to Credit Suisse AG) as Collateral Agent | Ames Tools Corporation | Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement Recorded at RF 063633/0308 |
| Sep 5, 2025 Reel 72812, frame 877 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Ames Tools Corporation | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents and Trademarks |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2031
Term ends Aug 25, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 85 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,359,777, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2018 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.