Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 12, 2026 (Mercatus Admin LLC).
Term ends Apr 25, 2039 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 25, 2039
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Brumate, LLC
Filed Oct 25, 2019 as application 16/664,776 · Granted Jul 20, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Apr 25, 2019
Apr 25, 2019
Term ends
Apr 25, 2039
Apr 25, 2039
Granted
Jul 20, 2021
Jul 20, 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.
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.
8
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 Apr 25, 2019, when applications 29/688,942, 29/688,948 and 29/688,974, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Oct 25, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 25, 2039 | 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 | Apr 25, 2039 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US D935,576 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US D904,119 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| US D904,118 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| US 11,064,830 | this patent Apr 2039 | Apr 2039 |
| US 11,497,331 | In force Apr 2039 | Apr 2039 |
| US D1,070,032 | In force Apr 2040 | Apr 2040 |
| US 11,490,751 | In force Apr 2039 | Apr 2039 |
| US 11,812,875 | In force Apr 2039 | Apr 2039 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2020 Reel 53556, frame 344 | Jacob, Dylan M. | Brumate, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 23, 2020 Reel 54192, frame 994 | Brumate, LLC | Brumate, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Apr 1, 2022 Reel 59472, frame 131 | Brumate, Inc. | Bmo Harris Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Feb 6, 2026 Reel 74728, frame 50 | Brumate, Inc. | Brumate, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 12, 2026 Reel 74833, frame 823 | Brumate, LLC | Mercatus Admin LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 18, 2026 Reel 74918, frame 81 | BMO Bank N.A. F/K/A BMO Harris Bank, N.A. | Brumate, LLC, Successor by Conversion to Brumate, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Apr 2039
Term ends Apr 25, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
19
later US patents cite this one
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