Term ends Jul 10, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 1, 2035
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by LSI Solutions, Inc.
Filed Jun 1, 2015 as application 14/727,480 · Granted Jun 25, 2019
Base term plus 405 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2036
Clock starts
Jun 1, 2015
Jun 1, 2015
Term ends
Jul 10, 2036
Jul 10, 2036
Granted
Jun 25, 2019
Jun 25, 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
405
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
11
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 405 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Jun 1, 2015, when this application, 14/727,480, was filed; a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 1, 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 | +405 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 10, 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 10, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,033,260 | In force Sep 2038 | Sep 2038 |
| US 10,433,831 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 10,327,756 | this patent Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2016/035197 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2016/035189 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,141,148 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| US 11,337,688 | In force no later than Oct 2035 | no later than Oct 2035 |
| US 11,832,810 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2015 Reel 36862, frame 803 | Sauer, MD, Jude S. | LSI Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jul 2036
Term ends Jul 10, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 405 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
9
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
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.