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Term ends Sep 28, 2038 · High confidence

Held by Hint, Inc.
Filed Sep 28, 2018 as application 16/147,236 · Granted Jul 16, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Sep 28, 2018
Term ends
Sep 28, 2038
Granted
Jul 16, 2019
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
10
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 28, 2018, when this application, 16/147,236, was filedSep 28, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 28, 2038High confidence

This family

US 10,354,239this patent
Sep 2038
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US 11,587,051In force
Sep 2038
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Application 18/094,231Abandoned
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Application 18/345,763Abandoned
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Application 18/345,714Abandoned
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Application 18/356,920Abandoned
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Application 18/356,873Abandoned
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Application 18/356,855Abandoned
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8 of 10 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 28, 2018
Reel 47012, frame 215
Nguyen, Frank Thanh; De Waal, Abraham Benjamin; Rankin, Aubrey EricHint, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 18, 2022
Reel 59313, frame 135
Hint, Inc.Athyrium Buffalo LPSecurity Interest
Feb 7, 2025
Reel 70147, frame 865
Athyrium Buffalo LPHint, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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