Also listed on 180S IP Holdings LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jan 15, 2029 · Low confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 12, 2023
Grace period ended Oct 30, 2026 · no payment on record as of the Nov 10, 2026 fee file · lapse expected
Held by 180S USA LLC and 180S IP Holdings LLC
Filed Jul 3, 2008 as application 12/168,015 · Granted Oct 30, 2018
Base term plus 1983 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2003
2029
Clock starts
Aug 12, 2003
Aug 12, 2003
Term ends
Jan 15, 2029
Jan 15, 2029
Granted
Oct 30, 2018
Oct 30, 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
1,983
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 runs 1983 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Low: the grace period for its second maintenance fee ended Oct 30, 2026 with no payment on record. 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 Aug 12, 2003, when application 10/638,476, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 3, 2008) | Aug 12, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1983 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 15, 2029 | 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 | The grace period ended with no payment on record in the fee file | grace period ended Oct 30, 2026 | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 15, 2029 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 7,650,649 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2022 | Jan 2022 |
| US 7,962,970 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| US D545,001 | Term ended Jun 2021 | Jun 2021 |
| US D541,482 | Term ended Apr 2021 | Apr 2021 |
| Application PCT/US2004/025787 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,111,781 | this patent Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 9,259,355 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 |
| US 9,066,829 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2008 Reel 21216, frame 934 | Le Gette, Brian E.; Reeb, David L.; Tipp, Alan S.; Werner, Justin Saul | 180S, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 22, 2010 Reel 25181, frame 18 | 180S, Inc. | Patriarch Partners Agency Services, LLC | Security Agreement |
| Nov 21, 2023 Reel 65657, frame 332 | 180S, LLC; 180S, Inc. | 180S USA LLC; 180S IP Holdings LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 21, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | 180S, Inc.; 180S, LLC | 180S USA LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 21, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | 180S, Inc.; 180S, LLC | 180S IP Holdings LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 30
Grace period ended Oct 30, 2026 with no payment on record. The term ends early once USPTO posts the lapse
Jan 2029
Term ends Jan 15, 2029.
Note
The 1983 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
15
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.
How we rank
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