Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 2, 2025 (Blue Torch Finance LLC).
Term ends Sep 10, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 30, 2037
Held by Jac Operations, Inc.
Filed Jan 30, 2017 as application 15/420,075 · Granted Jun 11, 2019
Base term plus 223 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Jan 30, 2017
Jan 30, 2017
Term ends
Sep 10, 2037
Sep 10, 2037
Granted
Jun 11, 2019
Jun 11, 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
223
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.
3
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 223 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 Jan 30, 2017, when this application, 15/420,075, was filed | Jan 30, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +223 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 10, 2037 | 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 10, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 62/287,944 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,315,667 | this patent Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| US 10,589,757 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
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 24, 2018 Reel 47849, frame 62 | Thompson, William; Fowler, Glenn J.; Kress, Michael H. | Jac Operations, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 12, 2019 Reel 48874, frame 787 | Jac Operations, Inc. | Bmo Harris Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Nov 24, 2020 Reel 54463, frame 76 | Freightcar America, Inc.; Jac Operations, Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 20, 2024 Reel 69746, frame 953 | Freightcar America, Inc.; Jac Operations, Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 31, 2024 Reel 69831, frame 925 | Bmo Harris Bank, N.a. | Jac Operations, Inc. | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 2, 2025 Reel 69716, frame 899 | Jac Operations, Inc. | Blue Torch Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2025 Reel 69822, frame 471 | U.S. Bank National Association | Jac Operations, Inc.; Freightcar America, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank National Association | Jac Operations, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank National Association | Freightcar America, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Feb 12, 2025 Reel 70200, frame 160 | Jac Operations, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2037
Term ends Sep 10, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 223 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
15
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.