Term ends Mar 13, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 25, 2029
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by USA Fortescue IP, Inc.
Filed Jun 6, 2016 as application 15/173,854 · Granted Mar 12, 2019
Base term plus 108 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Nov 25, 2009
Nov 25, 2009
Term ends
Mar 13, 2030
Mar 13, 2030
Granted
Mar 12, 2019
Mar 12, 2019
base term
patent term adjustment
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
108
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
14
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 108 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 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 Nov 25, 2009, when application 12/626,416, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 6, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 25, 2029 | 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 | +108 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 13, 2030 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 13, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,769,972 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 9,464,822 | In force (reinstated) no later than Jul 2030 | no later than Jul 2030 |
| Application 13/899,909 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/303,335 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,599,364 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 10,228,161 | this patent Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| Application 15/289,220 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,302,932 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 2016 Reel 40899, frame 460 | Bahar, Bamdad; Kienitz, Brian | Xergy Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 29, 2025 Reel 71255, frame 974 | Xergy Ltd. | Ffi Ionix IP, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 9, 2025 Reel 71517, frame 787 | Ffi Ionix IP, Inc. | USA Fortescue IP, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2030
Term ends Mar 13, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 108 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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.