Term ends Aug 21, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 21, 2037
Held by Levi Strauss & Co.
Filed Aug 21, 2017 as application 15/682,519 · Granted Nov 12, 2019
Base term plus 106 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Aug 21, 2017
Aug 21, 2017
Term ends
Aug 21, 2037
Aug 21, 2037
Granted
Nov 12, 2019
Nov 12, 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
106
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,051,905.
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.
4
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 106 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 21, 2017, when this application, 15/682,519, was filed | Aug 21, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +106 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 5, 2037 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,051,905) | capped to Aug 21, 2037 | 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 | Aug 21, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,470,511 | this patent Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 11,384,463 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 11,629,443 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| Application 18/302,740 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 11, 2017 Reel 43842, frame 504 | Benefiel, Jennifer; Sights, James Barton; Schultz, Christopher | Levi Strauss & Co. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 14, 2018 Reel 45208, frame 718 | Levi Strauss & Co. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 11, 2024 Reel 69335, frame 647 | Levi Strauss & Co. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Supplemental Security Agreement |
| Jun 9, 2025 Reel 71512, frame 857 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Levi Strauss & Co. | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 069335/0647 |
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What's changing
Aug 2037
Term ends Aug 21, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 106 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,051,905.
Citations
17
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.
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