Term ends Apr 19, 2033 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 19, 2033
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Fridababy, LLC
Filed May 16, 2018 as application 15/981,820 · Granted Sep 22, 2020
Base term plus 158 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Apr 19, 2013
Apr 19, 2013
Term ends
Apr 19, 2033
Apr 19, 2033
Granted
Sep 22, 2020
Sep 22, 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
158
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,463,143.
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.
8
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 158 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Apr 19, 2013, when application PCT/US2013/037492, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 16, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 19, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +158 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 24, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,463,143) | capped to Apr 19, 2033 | 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 | Apr 19, 2033 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US D753,292 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US D740,430 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,945,182 | In force Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
| US 9,463,143 | In force Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
| Application PCT/US2014/062274 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 14/705,633 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,780,025 | this patent Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
7 of 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2018 Reel 46654, frame 355 | Pedia Solutions, LLC D/B/A Pedia Ventures | Fridababy, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 11, 2018 Reel 47747, frame 139 | Fridababy, LLC | East West Bank, As Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 14, 2019 Reel 51011, frame 120 | Fridababy, LLC | East West Bank | Security Interest |
| Dec 30, 2020 Reel 54780, frame 196 | East West Bank | Fridababy, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Apr 2033
Term ends Apr 19, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 158 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,463,143.
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
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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.