Term ends Aug 29, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 3, 2037
Held by 3D Print Innovations, LLC
Filed Oct 3, 2017 as application 15/723,856 · Granted Feb 16, 2021
Base term plus 330 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2038
Clock starts
Oct 3, 2017
Oct 3, 2017
Term ends
Aug 29, 2038
Aug 29, 2038
Granted
Feb 16, 2021
Feb 16, 2021
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
330
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.
15
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 330 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 Oct 3, 2017, when this application, 15/723,856, was filed | Oct 3, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +330 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 29, 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 | Aug 29, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,919,221 | this patent Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
| Application PCT/US2018/054238 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,919,223 | In force Oct 2037 | Oct 2037 |
| US 11,420,385 | In force Oct 2037 | Oct 2037 |
| US 11,865,778 | In force Oct 2037 | Oct 2037 |
| US 11,673,325 | In force no later than Oct 2037 | no later than Oct 2037 |
| US 11,685,116 | In force Oct 2037 | Oct 2037 |
| US 12,103,233 | In force Oct 2037 | Oct 2037 |
8 of 15 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 6, 2017 Reel 43804, frame 610 | Gjovik, Erik; Macneish, William J. | Jabil Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 20, 2018 Reel 45822, frame 308 | Gjovik, Erik; Macneish, William J. | Jabil Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 30, 2018 Reel 45791, frame 776 | Gjovik, Erik; Macneish, William J. | Jabil Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Serial Number 15/723,857 Previously Recorded on Reel 043804 Frame 0610. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the the Serial Number Was Entered Incorrectly. |
| Oct 2, 2025 Reel 72886, frame 877 | Jabil Inc. | 3D Print Innovations, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2038
Term ends Aug 29, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 330 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2021 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.