Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 12, 2026 (Mercatus Admin LLC).
Term ends Feb 23, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 23, 2037
Held by Brumate, LLC
Filed Jun 26, 2018 as application 16/018,609 · Granted Oct 29, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Feb 23, 2017
Feb 23, 2017
Term ends
Feb 23, 2037
Feb 23, 2037
Granted
Oct 29, 2019
Oct 29, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,005,608, to Feb 23, 2037. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Feb 23, 2017, when application 15/440,954, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 26, 2018) | Feb 23, 2037 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,005,608) | resolves to Feb 23, 2037, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Feb 23, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,005,608 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 10,457,471 | this patent Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 11,414,258 | In force no later than Feb 2037 | no later than Feb 2037 |
| US 11,530,086 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 11,697,546 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 11,691,802 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 11,697,545 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 11,738,933 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2019 Reel 49715, frame 214 | Jacob, Dylan M. | Kryo Gear LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 10, 2019 Reel 51513, frame 476 | Kryo Gear, LLC | Brumate, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jul 11, 2019 Reel 49731, frame 896 | Brumate, LLC | Brumate, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 21, 2019 Reel 50116, frame 288 | Brumate, Inc. | Brumate, LLC | Change of Name |
| Oct 23, 2020 Reel 54192, frame 994 | Brumate, LLC | Brumate, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Apr 1, 2022 Reel 59472, frame 131 | Brumate, Inc. | Bmo Harris Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Feb 6, 2026 Reel 74728, frame 50 | Brumate, Inc. | Brumate, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 12, 2026 Reel 74833, frame 823 | Brumate, LLC | Mercatus Admin LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 18, 2026 Reel 74918, frame 81 | BMO Bank N.A. F/K/A BMO Harris Bank, N.A. | Brumate, LLC, Successor by Conversion to Brumate, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Feb 2037
Term ends Feb 23, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,005,608, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
14
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
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.