Term ends Aug 18, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 28, 2035
Held by Qomplx LLC
Filed Aug 15, 2016 as application 15/237,625 · Granted Apr 2, 2019
Base term plus 295 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2036
Clock starts
Oct 28, 2015
Oct 28, 2015
Term ends
Aug 18, 2036
Aug 18, 2036
Granted
Apr 2, 2019
Apr 2, 2019
base term
patent term adjustment
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
295
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 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.
429
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 295 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Oct 28, 2015, when application 14/925,974, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 15, 2016) | Oct 28, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +295 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 18, 2036 | 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 | Aug 18, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 14/925,974 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,210,255 | In force Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
| US 10,204,147 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| US 10,860,962 | In force Apr 2038 | Apr 2038 |
| Application 15/166,158 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/186,453 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/206,195 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,454,791 | In force Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
8 of 429 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2017 Reel 41087, frame 902 | Crabtree, Jason; Sellers, Andrew | Fractal Industries, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 14, 2017 Reel 42810, frame 132 | Fractal Industries, Inc. | Fractal Industries, Inc. | Change of Address |
| Aug 7, 2019 Reel 49996, frame 683 | Fractal Industries, Inc. | Qomplx, Inc. | Change of Address |
| Aug 7, 2019 Reel 49996, frame 698 | Fractal Industries, Inc. | Qomplx, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 27, 2020 Reel 54298, frame 94 | Qomplx, Inc. | Qomplx, Inc. | Change of Address |
| Dec 29, 2022 Reel 62251, frame 629 | Qomplx, Inc. | Qomplx, Inc. | Change of Address |
| Aug 23, 2023 Reel 64674, frame 407 | Qomplx, Inc. | QPX, LLC. | Patent Assignment Agreement to Asset Purchase Agreement |
| Sep 20, 2023 Reel 64966, frame 863 | Qomplx, Inc. | QPX LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Previously Recorded at Reel: 064674 Frame: 0408. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Sep 27, 2023 Reel 65036, frame 449 | QPX LLC | Qomplx LLC | Change of Name |
| Oct 1, 2024 Reel 69083, frame 279 | Qomplx LLC | Qomplx LLC | Change of Address |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2036
Term ends Aug 18, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 295 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
229
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.