Term ends Oct 19, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 19, 2038
Held by Modine LLC
Filed Oct 19, 2018 as application 16/165,594 · Granted Aug 24, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Oct 19, 2018
Oct 19, 2018
Term ends
Oct 19, 2038
Oct 19, 2038
Granted
Aug 24, 2021
Aug 24, 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 10,477,726, to Oct 19, 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.
27
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 Oct 19, 2018, when this application, 16/165,594, was filed | Oct 19, 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 10,477,726) | resolves to Oct 19, 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 | Oct 19, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,102,912 | this patent Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
| US 10,477,726 | In force Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
| US 10,624,237 | In force Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
| US 10,694,643 | In force Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
| US 11,129,298 | In force Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
| US 10,653,043 | In force Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
| US 10,617,032 | In force Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
| US 10,969,842 | In force Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
8 of 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2021 Reel 55935, frame 274 | Enright, John David; Mertel, Jacob | Tmgcore, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 26, 2021 Reel 56981, frame 860 | Tmgcore, LLC | Tmgcore, Inc. | Certificate of Conversion |
| May 23, 2023 Reel 63730, frame 315 | Tmgcore, Inc. | Modine Manufacturing Company | Security Interest |
| Feb 12, 2024 Reel 66553, frame 560 | Tmgcore, Inc. | Modine LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Oct 2038
Term ends Oct 19, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,477,726, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.