Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 2, 2025 (Blue Torch Finance LLC).
Term ends Jan 30, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 30, 2037
Held by Jac Operations, Inc.
Filed May 2, 2019 as application 16/401,217 · Granted Mar 17, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Jan 30, 2017
Jan 30, 2017
Term ends
Jan 30, 2037
Jan 30, 2037
Granted
Mar 17, 2020
Mar 17, 2020
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.
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.
3
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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 30, 2017, when application 15/420,075, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 2, 2019) | Jan 30, 2037 | 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 | Jan 30, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 62/287,944 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,315,667 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| US 10,589,757 | this patent Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
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 2, 2019 Reel 49059, frame 455 | Thompson, William; Fowler, Glenn J.; Kress, Michael H. | Jac Operations, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 24, 2020 Reel 54463, frame 76 | Freightcar America, Inc.; Jac Operations, Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 20, 2024 Reel 69746, frame 953 | Freightcar America, Inc.; Jac Operations, Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 2, 2025 Reel 69716, frame 899 | Jac Operations, Inc. | Blue Torch Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2025 Reel 69822, frame 471 | U.S. Bank National Association | Jac Operations, Inc.; Freightcar America, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank National Association | Jac Operations, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank National Association | Freightcar America, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Feb 12, 2025 Reel 70200, frame 160 | Jac Operations, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Jan 2037
Term ends Jan 30, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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