Term ends Feb 4, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 4, 2035
Held by Ames Tools Corporation
Filed Sep 8, 2016 as application 15/259,755 · Granted Oct 16, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Feb 4, 2015
Feb 4, 2015
Term ends
Feb 4, 2035
Feb 4, 2035
Granted
Oct 16, 2018
Oct 16, 2018
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,464,447, to Feb 4, 2035. 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.
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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. 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: 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 Feb 4, 2015, when application 14/614,153, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 8, 2016) | Feb 4, 2035 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,464,447) | resolves to Feb 4, 2035, 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 | Feb 4, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,464,447 | In force Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
| US D766,057 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US D786,034 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 10,099,362 | this patent Feb 2035 | Feb 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2016 Reel 39677, frame 890 | Wilson, Mark S.; Jungklaus, Matthew W. | Axia Acquisition Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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 |
| 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 650 | 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
Feb 2035
Term ends Feb 4, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,464,447, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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