Also listed on Vericool, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Apr 3, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 3, 2037
Held by Vericool World, LLC
Filed Apr 3, 2017 as application 15/478,087 · Granted Aug 14, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Apr 3, 2017
Apr 3, 2017
Term ends
Apr 3, 2037
Apr 3, 2037
Granted
Aug 14, 2018
Aug 14, 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.
11
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
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 3, 2017, when this application, 15/478,087, was filed | Apr 3, 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 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 3, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,046,901 | this patent Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2018/018698 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,597,219 | In force Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| US 10,618,690 | In force Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2018/021152 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 16/021,400 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/509,276 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/789,060 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2017 Reel 42087, frame 231 | Jobe, Darrell | Vericool, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 18, 2021 Reel 57816, frame 343 | Vericool, Inc. | Fish & Richardson P.C. | Lien |
| Dec 28, 2021 Reel 58493, frame 967 | Fish & Richardson PC | Vericool, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 23, 2022 Reel 59373, frame 594 | Vericool, Inc. | Vcool (Assignment for Benefit of Creditors) LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 23, 2022 Reel 59483, frame 159 | Vcool (Assignment for Benefit of Creditors) LLC | Vericool World, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 13, 2023 Reel 62389, frame 186 | Vericool World, LLC | Storopack, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Apr 18, 2023 Reel 63361, frame 948 | Vericool World, LLC | Storopack, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Feb 6, 2026 Reel 73722, frame 825 | Storopack, Inc. | Vericool World LLC | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Apr 2037
Term ends Apr 3, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
141
later US patents cite this one
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