Term ends Dec 9, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 9, 2036
Held by Apeel Technology, Inc.
Filed Oct 3, 2018 as application 16/151,268 · Granted Sep 10, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Dec 9, 2016
Dec 9, 2016
Term ends
Dec 9, 2036
Dec 9, 2036
Granted
Sep 10, 2019
Sep 10, 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.
6
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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 9, 2016, when application PCT/US2016/065917, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 3, 2018) | Dec 9, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Dec 9, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2016/065917 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,957,215 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 10,561,155 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 10,407,377 | this patent Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 11,028,030 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| US 11,767,278 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2019 Reel 49792, frame 185 | Perez, Louis; Mol, Camille; Bakus, Ronald C., II; Rogers, James; Rodriguez, Gabriel | Apeel Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 1, 2022 Reel 60562, frame 503 | Apeel Technology, Inc. | SLR Investment Corp., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 15, 2023 Reel 66045, frame 1 | SLR Investment Corp., as Agent | Apeel Technology, Inc. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement at Reel/Frame No. 60562/0503 |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2036
Term ends Dec 9, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
26
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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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.