Term ends Dec 1, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 10, 2036
Held by Metal Raptor Inc.
Filed Oct 13, 2016 as application 15/292,782 · Granted Jul 14, 2020
Base term plus 174 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Jun 10, 2016
Jun 10, 2016
Term ends
Dec 1, 2036
Dec 1, 2036
Granted
Jul 14, 2020
Jul 14, 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
174
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.
49
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 174 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 10, 2016, when application 15/179,188, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 13, 2016) | Jun 10, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +174 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 1, 2036 | 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 | Dec 1, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,928,750 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 10,019,906 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 10,510,260 | In force Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| US 9,959,772 | In force Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| US 10,109,205 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 10,198,953 | In force Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| US 10,089,888 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| US 10,713,961 | this patent Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
8 of 49 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2016 Reel 40008, frame 83 | Priest, Lee | Etak Systems, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 15, 2021 Reel 55598, frame 694 | Etak Systems, LLC | Priest, Lee | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 15, 2021 Reel 56048, frame 388 | Priest, Lee | Metal Raptor, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 29, 2023 Reel 65786, frame 781 | Metal Raptor LLC | Metal Raptor Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2036
Term ends Dec 1, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 174 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
21
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.