Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 27, 2023 (Cowles Company).
Term ends Mar 18, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 18, 2036
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Rohinni, LLC.
Filed Apr 4, 2017 as application 15/479,063 · Granted Dec 18, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Mar 18, 2016
Mar 18, 2016
Term ends
Mar 18, 2036
Mar 18, 2036
Granted
Dec 18, 2018
Dec 18, 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Mar 18, 2016, when application 15/075,001, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 4, 2017); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 18, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 18, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,678,383 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2017/023061 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,157,896 | this patent Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| Application 16/222,873 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2017 Reel 42568, frame 179 | Peterson, Cody; Huska, Andrew; Adams, Clinton; Hansen, Monica | Rohinni, LLC. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 27, 2023 Reel 64417, frame 238 | Rohinni, Inc. | Cowles Company | Security Interest |
| Jan 12, 2024 Reel 66286, frame 270 | Rohinni Inc. | Magna Electronics, Inc. | License |
| May 15, 2024 Reel 67428, frame 189 | Rohinni, Inc. | Cowles Semi, LLC | Court Order |
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What's changing
Mar 2036
Term ends Mar 18, 2036.
Citations
30
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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