Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 26, 2024 (Houghs Neck Holdings LLC).
Term ends Jul 10, 2037 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 10, 2037
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Smart Power Partners LLC
Filed Nov 17, 2020 as application 17/099,847 · Granted Jun 29, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Jul 10, 2017
Jul 10, 2017
Term ends
Jul 10, 2037
Jul 10, 2037
Granted
Jun 29, 2021
Jun 29, 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.
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.
11
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. 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 Jul 10, 2017, when application 15/645,745, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 17, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 10, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Jul 10, 2037 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,418,813 | In force Oct 2037 | Oct 2037 |
| US 10,727,731 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| US 10,996,645 | In force Jul 2037 | Jul 2037 |
| US 11,050,254 | In force Jul 2037 | Jul 2037 |
| Application 16/940,066 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,050,340 | this patent Jul 2037 | Jul 2037 |
| US 12,025,963 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| US 12,093,004 | In force Jul 2037 | Jul 2037 |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2021 Reel 55089, frame 178 | King, John J | Smart Power Partners LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 26, 2024 Reel 68771, frame 666 | Smart Power Partners LLC | Houghs Neck Holdings LLC | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Jul 2037
Term ends Jul 10, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
29
later US patents cite this one
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