Also listed on Circle Graphics, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Feb 6, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 1, 2037
Held by CG Visual Solutions Corporation
Filed Feb 1, 2017 as application 15/421,936 · Granted Nov 6, 2018
Base term plus 5 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Feb 1, 2017
Feb 1, 2017
Term ends
Feb 6, 2037
Feb 6, 2037
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
Nov 6, 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
5
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.
This patent's term runs 5 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 Feb 1, 2017, when this application, 15/421,936, was filed | Feb 1, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +5 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 6, 2037 | 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 | Feb 6, 2037 | High confidence |
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 13, 2018 Reel 45185, frame 252 | Taylor, Curtis; Hanson, Matthew; Ishida, William; Shapiro, Sam | Metromedia Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 3, 2020 Reel 51465, frame 295 | Circle Graphics, Inc. | White Oak Global Advisors, LLC, as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 11, 2020 Reel 52081, frame 691 | Metromedia Technologies, Inc. | Circle Graphics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 23, 2021 Reel 55434, frame 826 | White Oak Global Advisors, LLC, as the Resigning Agent | Acquiom Agency Services LLC, as the Successor Agent | Notice of Successor Agent and Assignment of Security Interest (Intellectual Property) |
| Mar 12, 2024 Reel 66737, frame 460 | Circle Graphics, Inc. | CG Visual Solutions Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Feb 2037
Term ends Feb 6, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 5 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below 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.