Term ends Jan 4, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 4, 2036
Held by HPC Petroserve, Inc.
Filed Jan 4, 2016 as application 14/987,522 · Granted Jan 15, 2019
Base term plus 212 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Jan 4, 2016
Jan 4, 2016
Term ends
Jan 4, 2036
Jan 4, 2036
Granted
Jan 15, 2019
Jan 15, 2019
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
212
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,184,087.
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.
2
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 212 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 4, 2016, when this application, 14/987,522, was filed | Jan 4, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +212 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 3, 2036 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,184,087) | capped to Jan 4, 2036 | 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 | Jan 4, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,179,881 | this patent Jan 2036 | Jan 2036 |
| US 11,136,510 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
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 27, 2016 Reel 39019, frame 960 | Matza, Stephen D. | Tristar Petroserv, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 11, 2020 Reel 52148, frame 400 | HPC Petroserv, Inc.; Global Vapor Control, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | Security Agreement |
| May 22, 2020 Reel 52730, frame 729 | HPC Petroserv, Inc.; Global Vapor Control, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 8, 2021 Reel 57899, frame 694 | Aquilex LLC; Global Vapor Control, Inc.; Hydrochem LLC; HPC Petroserv, Inc.; PCS Industrial Outsourcing, LP | Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC | Security Agreement |
| Oct 11, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | Global Vapor Control, Inc. | Abl Release (REEL 052148 / Frame 0400) |
| Oct 11, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | HPC Petroserv, Inc. | Abl Release (REEL 052148 / Frame 0400) |
| Oct 11, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | Global Vapor Control, Inc. | First Lien Release (REEL 052730 / Frame 0719) |
| Oct 11, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | HPC Petroserv, Inc. | First Lien Release (REEL 052730 / Frame 0719) |
| Oct 11, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | Global Vapor Control, Inc. | Second Lien Release (REEL 052730 / Frame 0729) |
| Oct 11, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | HPC Petroserv, Inc. | Second Lien Release (REEL 052730 / Frame 0729) |
| Oct 11, 2021 Reel 57772, frame 603 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | Global Vapor Control, Inc.; HPC Petroserv, Inc. | Abl Release (REEL 052148 / Frame 0400) |
| Oct 11, 2021 Reel 57772, frame 628 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | Global Vapor Control, Inc.; HPC Petroserv, Inc. | First Lien Release (REEL 052730 / Frame 0719) |
| Oct 11, 2021 Reel 57772, frame 643 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | Global Vapor Control, Inc.; HPC Petroserv, Inc. | Second Lien Release (REEL 052730 / Frame 0729) |
| Oct 12, 2021 Reel 57759, frame 688 | Aquilex LLC; Global Vapor Control, Inc.; Hydrochem LLC; HPC Petroserv, Inc.; PSC Industrial Outsourcing, LP | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Interest |
| May 16, 2025 Reel 71297, frame 913 | Tristar Petroserv, Inc. | HPC Petroserve, Inc. | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Jan 2036
Term ends Jan 4, 2036.
Note
The 212 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,184,087.
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
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