Term ends May 10, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 10, 2038
Held by Applied Underwriters, Inc.
Filed May 10, 2018 as application 15/975,820 · Granted Dec 25, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
May 10, 2018
May 10, 2018
Term ends
May 10, 2038
May 10, 2038
Granted
Dec 25, 2018
Dec 25, 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.
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.
8
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 May 10, 2018, when this application, 15/975,820, was filed | May 10, 2038 | 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 | May 10, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,908,157 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 10,164,462 | this patent May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 10,418,846 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 10,432,014 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 11,177,685 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 12,261,476 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| Application 19/067,840 | Pending not computed | not computed |
7 of 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2018 Reel 45945, frame 384 | Smith, Justin N.; Nowotarski, Mark S. | Applied Underwriters, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 10, 2019 Reel 50705, frame 866 | Applied Underwriters, Inc. | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | Patent Security Agreement |
| May 4, 2020 Reel 52566, frame 974 | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | Applied Underwriters, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
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What's changing
May 2038
Term ends May 10, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
1
later US patent cites 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.