Term ends Sep 20, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 27, 2034
Held by Nima Partners, Inc.
Filed Sep 14, 2016 as application 15/265,171 · Granted Apr 9, 2019
Base term plus 177 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Mar 27, 2014
Mar 27, 2014
Term ends
Sep 20, 2034
Sep 20, 2034
Granted
Apr 9, 2019
Apr 9, 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
177
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.
17
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 177 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 Mar 27, 2014, when application 14/227,543, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 14, 2016) | Mar 27, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +177 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 20, 2034 | 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 | Sep 20, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,939,431 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| US 9,939,432 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| Application 15/065,198 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,254,279 | this patent Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| US 10,466,236 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 10,249,035 | In force Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| Application 15/910,692 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,837,959 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
8 of 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 2017 Reel 41987, frame 428 | Sundvor, Scott; Portela, Steven; Ward, Jonathan; Walton, John; Kiel, Jonathan William; Mekler, Jeffrey; Yates, Shireen; Mooney, Jacob; Weitmann, Dane; Horrell, Joseph | Nima Labs, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 12, 2020 Reel 54030, frame 36 | Nima Labs, Inc. | Nima Acquisition, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 14, 2021 Reel 57807, frame 297 | Medline Industries, Inc. | Medline Industries, LP | Change of Name |
| Oct 21, 2021 Reel 57927, frame 91 | Medline Industries, LP | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Security Interest |
| Oct 21, 2021 Reel 58040, frame 1 | Medline Industries, LP | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Apr 1, 2022 Reel 59476, frame 640 | Nima Acquisition, LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| May 17, 2022 Reel 60382, frame 577 | Nima Acquisition, LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 6, 2025 Reel 70142, frame 9 | Nima Acquisition, LLC | Nima Partners, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 20, 2025 Reel 71672, frame 100 | Medline Industries, LP | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 20, 2025 Reel 71672, frame 198 | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Medline Industries, LP (F/K/A Medline Industries, Inc.); Nima Partners, Inc. (as Successor-in-Interest to Nima Acquisition, LLC) | Partial Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents, Recorded on October 21, 2021, at Reel/Frame 058040/0001 |
| Jun 20, 2025 Reel 71672, frame 221 | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Nima Partners, Inc. (as Successor-in-Interest to Nima Acquisition, LLC) | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents, Recorded on April 1, 2022, at Reel/Frame 059476/0640 |
| Jun 20, 2025 Reel 71675, frame 957 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Medline Industries, LP (F/K/A Medline Industries, Inc.); Nima Partners, Inc. (as Successor-in-Interest to Nima Acquisition, LLC) | Partial Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jun 20, 2025 Reel 71676, frame 468 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Nima Partners, Inc. (as Successor-in-Interest to Nima Acquisition, LLC) | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 060382/0577) |
| Jun 20, 2025 Reel 71676, frame 571 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Medline Industries, LP (F/K/A Medline Industries, Inc.); Nima Partners, Inc. (as Successor-in-Interest to Nima Acquisition, LLC) | Partial Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 057927/0091) |
| Jun 20, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Medline Industries, LP (F/K/A Medline Industries, Inc.) | Partial Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents, Recorded on October 21, 2021, at Reel/Frame 058040/0001 |
| Jun 20, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Nima Partners, Inc. (as Successor-in-Interest to Nima Acquisition, LLC) | Partial Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents, Recorded on October 21, 2021, at Reel/Frame 058040/0001 |
| Jun 20, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Medline Industries, LP (F/K/A Medline Industries, Inc.) | Partial Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jun 20, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Nima Partners, Inc. (as Successor-in-Interest to Nima Acquisition, LLC) | Partial Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jun 20, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Medline Industries, LP (F/K/A Medline Industries, Inc.) | Partial Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 057927/0091) |
| Jun 20, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Nima Partners, Inc. (as Successor-in-Interest to Nima Acquisition, LLC) | Partial Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 057927/0091) |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Sep 2034
Term ends Sep 20, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 177 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below 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
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.