Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 2, 2025 (Blue Torch Finance LLC).
Term ends Jul 12, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 10, 2035
Held by Jac Operations, Inc.
Filed Oct 10, 2016 as application 15/289,466 · Granted Jul 10, 2018
Base term plus 93 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Apr 10, 2015
Apr 10, 2015
Term ends
Jul 12, 2035
Jul 12, 2035
Granted
Jul 10, 2018
Jul 10, 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
93
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.
4
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 93 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 Apr 10, 2015, when application PCT/US2015/025475, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 10, 2016) | Apr 10, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +93 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 12, 2035 | 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 | Jul 12, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 61/977,753 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2015/025475 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,017,191 | this patent Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 10,710,612 | In force no later than Apr 2035 | no later than Apr 2035 |
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 28, 2018 Reel 45374, frame 729 | Single, Dave | Jac Operations, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 12, 2019 Reel 48874, frame 787 | Jac Operations, Inc. | Bmo Harris Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Nov 24, 2020 Reel 54463, frame 76 | Freightcar America, Inc.; Jac Operations, Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 20, 2024 Reel 69746, frame 953 | Freightcar America, Inc.; Jac Operations, Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 31, 2024 Reel 69831, frame 925 | Bmo Harris Bank, N.a. | Jac Operations, Inc. | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 2, 2025 Reel 69716, frame 899 | Jac Operations, Inc. | Blue Torch Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2025 Reel 69822, frame 471 | U.S. Bank National Association | Jac Operations, Inc.; Freightcar America, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank National Association | Jac Operations, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank National Association | Freightcar America, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Feb 12, 2025 Reel 70200, frame 160 | Jac Operations, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2035
Term ends Jul 12, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 93 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
10
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.