Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 9, 2021 (Encina Business Credit, LLC).
Term ends May 28, 2035 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 28, 2035
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Filed Jun 27, 2018 as application 16/019,933 · Granted Feb 26, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
May 28, 2015
May 28, 2015
Term ends
May 28, 2035
May 28, 2035
Granted
Feb 26, 2019
Feb 26, 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
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.
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 May 28, 2015, when application 14/723,553, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 27, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 28, 2035 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 28, 2035 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,034,355 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2016/032979 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,037,508 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 10,219,361 | this patent May 2035 | May 2035 |
| Application 16/019,993 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,217,078 | In force May 2037 | May 2037 |
| US 10,728,993 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
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, 2018 Reel 46214, frame 795 | Chen, Timothy; Hussey, Andrew; Wang, Hao | Technical Consumer Products, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 9, 2021 Reel 55538, frame 765 | Technical Consumer Products, Inc. | Encina Business Credit, LLC, as Agent | Security Interest |
| May 12, 2025 Reel 71084, frame 90 | Eclipse Business Capital LLC (F/K/A Encina Business Credit, LLC), as Agent | Technical Consumer Products, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
May 2035
Term ends May 28, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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