Term ended May 21, 2023 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended May 21, 2023
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,782,196), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Cornami, Inc.
Filed Jan 22, 2019 as application 16/253,756 · Granted Oct 27, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended May 21, 2023
2003
2026
Clock starts
May 21, 2003
May 21, 2003
Term ended
May 21, 2023
May 21, 2023
Granted
Oct 27, 2020
Oct 27, 2020
base term
after the term ends
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,185,502, US 8,782,196, US 9,665,397, to May 21, 2023. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
6
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 May 21, 2003, when application 10/443,501, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 22, 2019) | May 21, 2023 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,185,502, US 8,782,196, US 9,665,397) | resolves to May 21, 2023, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 21, 2023 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,653,710 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 8,200,799 | Term ended Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 |
| US 8,782,196 | Term ended no later than Jun 2023 | no later than Jun 2023 |
| US 9,665,397 | Term ended Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| US 10,185,502 | Term ended May 2023 | May 2023 |
| US 10,817,184 | this patent May 2023 | May 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2019 Reel 48090, frame 877 | Scheuermann, W. James; Hogenauer, Eugene B. | Quicksilver Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 22, 2019 Reel 48091, frame 165 | Quicksilver Technology, Inc. | Techfarm Ventures Management, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 22, 2019 Reel 48091, frame 373 | Techfarm Ventures Management, LLC | QST Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 22, 2019 Reel 48091, frame 794 | QST Holdings, LLC | Sviral, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 22, 2019 Reel 48107, frame 228 | Sviral, Inc. | Cornami, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,185,502, US 8,782,196, US 9,665,397, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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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