Term ends Jun 20, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 20, 2034
Held by Pavestone, LLC
Filed May 31, 2018 as application 15/994,313 · Granted Nov 26, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Jun 20, 2014
Jun 20, 2014
Term ends
Jun 20, 2034
Jun 20, 2034
Granted
Nov 26, 2019
Nov 26, 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 9,999,993, to Jun 20, 2034. 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.
18
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 Jun 20, 2014, when application 14/311,194, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 31, 2018) | Jun 20, 2034 | 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 9,999,993) | resolves to Jun 20, 2034, 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 | Jun 20, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 14/311,194 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US D791,346 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 9,744,697 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| Application 15/080,276 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US D844,856 | In force Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
| US 9,999,993 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 10,583,588 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 10,486,344 | this patent Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2018 Reel 45952, frame 815 | Karau, William H. | Pavestone, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 16, 2020 Reel 53790, frame 860 | Pavestone, LLC | Pavestone, LLC | Change of Address of Assignee |
| Mar 18, 2022 Reel 59314, frame 234 | Pavestone, LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 23, 2022 Reel 59479, frame 437 | United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC; Griffin Pipe Products Co., LLC; Custom Fab, Inc.; Bio Clean Environmental Services, Inc.; Modular Wetland Systems, Inc.; Forterra Pipe & Precast, LLC; Forterra Concrete Products, Inc.; Forterra Precast Concepts, LLC; Best Block, LLC; Pavestone, LLC; Contech Engineered Solutions LLC; Keystone Retaining Wall Systems LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Agent | Patent Security Agreement (ABL) |
| Feb 10, 2025 Reel 70170, frame 919 | Best Block, LLC; Contech Engineered Solutions LLC; Custom Building Products, LLC; Forterra Concrete Products, LLC; Forterra Pipe & Precast, LLC; Keystone Retaining Wall Systems LLC; Pavestone, LLC; The Quikrete Companies, LLC; United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC; Usp Holdings, LLC | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jul 15, 2025 Reel 71931, frame 588 | Pavestone, LLC | Pavestone, LLC | Entity Conversion - De to Ga |
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What's changing
Jun 2034
Term ends Jun 20, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,999,993, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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
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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.