The Patent Finder
US

Switchable Digital Scent Generation and Release, and Vapor and Liquid Delivery Methods and Systems

US 10,556,034 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Jan 5, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Oct 10, 2017 as application 15/565,650 · Granted Feb 11, 2020
Base term plus 269 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2037
Clock starts
Apr 11, 2016
Term ends
Jan 5, 2037
Granted
Feb 11, 2020
base term patent term adjustment 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
269
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.
5
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 269 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 11, 2016, when application PCT/US2016/026971, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 10, 2017)Apr 11, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+269 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 5, 2037High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 5, 2037High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2016/026971PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,556,034this patent
Jan 2037
Jan 2037
US 11,565,016In force
Apr 2037
Apr 2037
US 12,151,051In force
Apr 2036
Apr 2036
Application 18/936,887Pending
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 20, 2019
Reel 51349, frame 321
Jin, Sungho; Gardner, CalvinThe Regents of the University of CaliforniaAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 20, 2019
Reel 51349, frame 349
Matthew, StewartSensable Technologies LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 20, 2019
Reel 51349, frame 519
Sensable Technologies LLCSensable Technologies LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

The Patent Finder CompaniesExpirationsCalculatorWatchlistPricing MethodologyCorrectionsLegalPrivacysupport@thepatentfinder.com Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) Part of 137 Finder · © 2026 137 Finder LLC · Sources cited