Also listed on TTP PLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 15, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 15, 2036
Held by TTP Holdings, LLC
Filed May 25, 2018 as application 15/989,559 · Granted Feb 26, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Jul 15, 2016
Jul 15, 2016
Term ends
Jul 15, 2036
Jul 15, 2036
Granted
Feb 26, 2019
Feb 26, 2019
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,047,938, to Jul 15, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
7
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Jul 15, 2016, when application 15/211,904, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 25, 2018) | Jul 15, 2036 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,047,938) | resolves to Jul 15, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Jul 15, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,568,171 | In force Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| US 10,047,938 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 10,215,383 | this patent Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| US 10,782,007 | In force Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2019/033935 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,047,556 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| US 11,578,859 | In force no later than Jul 2036 | no later than Jul 2036 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2018 Reel 47211, frame 194 | Grider, Christopher; Smith, Derek | TTP Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2036
Term ends Jul 15, 2036.
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,047,938, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
22
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2019 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.