Term ends Dec 24, 2035 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 12, 2034
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Orange Maker LLC
Filed Jan 22, 2018 as application 15/877,314 · Granted Oct 12, 2021
Base term plus 652 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2035
Clock starts
Mar 12, 2014
Mar 12, 2014
Term ends
Dec 24, 2035
Dec 24, 2035
Granted
Oct 12, 2021
Oct 12, 2021
base term
patent term adjustment
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
652
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
9
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 runs 652 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Mar 12, 2014, when application 14/207,353, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 22, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 12, 2034 | 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 | +652 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 24, 2035 | 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 (reinstated) | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 24, 2035 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,321,215 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 9,937,665 | In force Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| US 11,141,908 | this patent Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| US 10,150,247 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 12,083,744 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2020/043625 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,958,235 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 12,643,284 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
8 of 9 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 25, 2018 Reel 45636, frame 162 | Dudley, Kurt; Tersigni, James | Orange Maker LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 3, 2021 Reel 57709, frame 964 | Orange Maker LLC | Orange Maker LLC | Change of Address of Assignee |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2035
Term ends Dec 24, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 652 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.