Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 10, 2021 (TD Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Dec 21, 2038 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Sig Sauer, Inc.

Filed Dec 21, 2018 as application 16/230,028 · Granted Nov 19, 2019

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Dec 21, 2038

2018 2038

Clock starts
Dec 21, 2018

Term ends
Dec 21, 2038

Granted
Nov 19, 2019

base term 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

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.

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 21, 2018, when this application, 16/230,028, was filed	Dec 21, 2038	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 21, 2038	High confidence

This family

US 10,480,880	this patent Dec 2038	Dec 2038
US 10,962,315	In force Dec 2038	Dec 2038
US 11,287,203	In force no later than Dec 2038	no later than Dec 2038
US 11,635,266	In force Dec 2038	Dec 2038
US 12,270,620	In force Dec 2038	Dec 2038
Application 19/093,965	Pending not computed	not computed
US 12,704,335	In force Dec 2038	Dec 2038

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
Jan 14, 2019 Reel 48068, frame 456	Thomele, Adrian; Knight, Jason	Sig Sauer, Inc.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 1, 2019 Reel 50588, frame 346	Shinkle, Scott D.	Sig Sauer, Inc.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 10, 2021 Reel 58097, frame 345	Sig Sauer Inc.	TD Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent	Security Interest

Sources

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

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What's changing

Dec 2038

Term ends Dec 21, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then

Citations

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. 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.

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