Term ends Oct 5, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 14, 2038
Held by Fischer Block, Inc.
Filed Jun 14, 2018 as application 16/008,514 · Granted Jun 9, 2020
Base term plus 113 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Jun 14, 2018
Jun 14, 2018
Term ends
Oct 5, 2038
Oct 5, 2038
Granted
Jun 9, 2020
Jun 9, 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
113
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.
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 runs 113 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 14, 2018, when this application, 16/008,514, was filed | Jun 14, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +113 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 5, 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 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 5, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,678,668 | this patent Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
| US 11,210,191 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| Application PCT/US2020/036631 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 4, 2020 Reel 52561, frame 122 | Wolf, Gregory; Paietta, Margaret P | Fischer Block, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 15, 2020 Reel 52677, frame 811 | Wolfe, Gregory; Paietta, Margaret P | Fischer Block, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor Name Previously Recorded on Reel 052561 Frame 0122. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignor Name Should Be Wolfe, Gregory. |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2038
Term ends Oct 5, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 113 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2020 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.