Term ends May 30, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 30, 2028
Held by Reddy Ice LLC
Filed Aug 3, 2018 as application 16/054,716 · Granted Dec 10, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
May 30, 2008
May 30, 2008
Term ends
May 30, 2028
May 30, 2028
Granted
Dec 10, 2019
Dec 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,066,862, to May 30, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 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 2 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 May 30, 2008, when application 12/130,946, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 3, 2018) | May 30, 2028 | 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 10,066,862) | resolves to May 30, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 30, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,381,534 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 9,643,742 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 10,066,862 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 10,502,474 | this patent May 2028 | May 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2018 Reel 46553, frame 791 | Metzger, Mark C. | Reddy Ice Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 2, 2019 Reel 49649, frame 531 | Reddy Ice LLC | Ares Capital Corporation | Security Interest |
| Jul 15, 2019 Reel 51552, frame 744 | Reddy Ice LLC | Ares Capital Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Patent No. 10189464 to the Patent No. 10189646 Previously Recorded on Reel 049649 Frame 0531. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Jul 16, 2019 Reel 49771, frame 401 | Reddy Ice Corporation | Reddy Ice LLC | Change of Name |
| Apr 22, 2024 Reel 67181, frame 552 | Reddy Ice LLC | Ares Capital Corporation | Security Interest |
| Apr 22, 2024 Reel 67185, frame 340 | Ares Capital Corporation | Reddy Ice LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2028
Term ends May 30, 2028. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,066,862, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites 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
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.