Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 8, 2025 (Citibank, N.A.).
Term ends Jun 26, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 26, 2038
Held by Systima Technologies, Inc.
Filed Apr 16, 2020 as application 16/850,226 · Granted Apr 20, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Jun 26, 2018
Jun 26, 2018
Term ends
Jun 26, 2038
Jun 26, 2038
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Apr 20, 2021
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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 10,662,329, to Jun 26, 2038. 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 26, 2018, when application 16/019,015, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 16, 2020) | Jun 26, 2038 | 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 10,662,329) | resolves to Jun 26, 2038, 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 | Jun 26, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,662,329 | In force Sep 2038 | Sep 2038 |
| US 10,982,095 | this patent Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
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 16, 2020 Reel 52415, frame 650 | Hreha, Richard D.; Brubaker, Joel P.; Zalar, Frank M.; Rauscher, Michael D. | Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 16, 2020 Reel 52415, frame 745 | Cornerstone Research Group Inc. | Jalapeno Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 14, 2022 Reel 59595, frame 149 | Jalapeno Holdings, LLC | Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 27, 2022 Reel 60318, frame 876 | Cornerstone Research Group, Incorporated | Systima Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 2, 2022 Reel 60694, frame 679 | Cornerstone Research Group, Incorporated | Systima Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 30, 2022 Reel 61276, frame 116 | Systima Technologies, Inc. | TCW Asset Management Company, LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 8, 2025 Reel 70775, frame 23 | Systima Technologies, Inc. | Citibank, N.A., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 8, 2025 Reel 70767, frame 592 | TCW Asset Management Company, LLC | Systima Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Jun 2038
Term ends Jun 26, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,662,329, 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
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