Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 22, 2021 (JPMorgan Chase Bank).
Lapsed Feb 23, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 16, 2037
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Deflecto, LLC
Filed Mar 2, 2018 as application 15/910,756 · Granted Feb 23, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 297 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Feb 23, 2025
2017
2038
Clock starts
Aug 16, 2017
Aug 16, 2017
No longer in force
Feb 23, 2025
Feb 23, 2025
Granted
Feb 23, 2021
Feb 23, 2021
Term would have run to
Jun 9, 2038
Jun 9, 2038
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
297
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
2
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jun 9, 2038: its 20-year base term plus 297 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 16, 2017, when application 15/678,309, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 2, 2018) | Aug 16, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +297 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 9, 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Feb 23, 2025 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 23, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,933,092 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 10,927,982 | this patent Feb 2025 | Feb 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2018 Reel 45093, frame 411 | Sindelar, Roman | Deflecto, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 17, 2018 Reel 47197, frame 344 | Deflecto, LLC | Twin Brook Capital Partners, LLC, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 20, 2021 Reel 55980, frame 467 | Twin Brook Capital Partners, LLC, as Agent | Deflecto, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 22, 2021 Reel 56019, frame 771 | Deflecto Acquisition, Inc.; Deflecto, LLC; Beemak Plastics, LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank | Security Interest |
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The 297 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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