Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 15, 2021 (Cibc Bank USA).
Term ends Nov 28, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 28, 2037
Held by Raffel Systems, LLC
Filed Oct 2, 2019 as application 16/591,138 · Granted Feb 16, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Nov 28, 2017
Nov 28, 2017
Term ends
Nov 28, 2037
Nov 28, 2037
Granted
Feb 16, 2021
Feb 16, 2021
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,205,257, US 10,476,187, to Nov 28, 2037. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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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. 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 Nov 28, 2017, when application 15/824,640, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 2, 2019) | Nov 28, 2037 | 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 10,205,257, US 10,476,187) | resolves to Nov 28, 2037, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Nov 28, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,205,257 | In force Nov 2037 | Nov 2037 |
| US 10,476,187 | In force Nov 2037 | Nov 2037 |
| US 10,923,840 | this patent Nov 2037 | Nov 2037 |
| Application 17/174,575 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2020 Reel 52455, frame 277 | Li, Paul; Dorn, Douglas A.; Rohloff, Jason D.; Saul, Justin R. | Raffel Systems, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 15, 2021 Reel 58518, frame 348 | Innovative Motion Technologies, LLC; Raffel Systems, LLC; Micro-Air, LLC | Cibc Bank USA, as Agent | Security Interest |
| May 14, 2024 Reel 67410, frame 134 | Raffel Systems, LLC; Micro-Air, LLC; Ma Imt Hold Co., LLC; Check Technology Solutions LLC; Innovative Motion Technologies, LLC | Cibc Bank USA, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 24, 2026 Reel 75186, frame 544 | Raffel Systems, LLC; Micro-Air, LLC; Check Technology Solutions LLC | Twin Brook Capital Partners, LLC, as Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2037
Term ends Nov 28, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,205,257, US 10,476,187, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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.