Term ends Feb 15, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 16, 2036
Held by Hall Labs, LLC
Filed Jun 16, 2016 as application 15/184,017 · Granted Jan 21, 2020
Base term plus 609 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2038
Clock starts
Jun 16, 2016
Jun 16, 2016
Term ends
Feb 15, 2038
Feb 15, 2038
Granted
Jan 21, 2020
Jan 21, 2020
base term
patent term adjustment
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
609
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
2
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 609 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Jun 16, 2016, when this application, 15/184,017, was filed | Jun 16, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +609 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 15, 2038 | 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 (reinstated) | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 15, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,538,962 | this patent Feb 2038 | Feb 2038 |
| US 9,988,841 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2022 | Jun 2022 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2018 Reel 46131, frame 196 | Brimhall, Emily | Hall Labs LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 27, 2018 Reel 46221, frame 119 | Carlson, Austin | Hall Labs LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 12, 2018 Reel 47058, frame 53 | Hall, David R. | Hall Labs LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 24, 2018 Reel 47132, frame 22 | Hall, David R. | Hall Labs LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 18, 2018 Reel 47218, frame 756 | Madsen, Mark | Hall Labs LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 12, 2018 Reel 47758, frame 233 | Carlson, Austin | Hall Labs, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2038
Term ends Feb 15, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 609 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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