Lapsed Nov 2, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 20, 2036
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Apeel Technology, Inc.
Filed Nov 14, 2019 as application 16/684,140 · Granted Nov 2, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Nov 2, 2025
2016
2036
Clock starts
May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016
No longer in force
Nov 2, 2025
Nov 2, 2025
Granted
Nov 2, 2021
Nov 2, 2021
Term would have run to
May 20, 2036
May 20, 2036
base term
after the term ends
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 10,517,310, US 10,959,442, US 9,743,679, to May 20, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.
7
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to May 20, 2036: 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. 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 May 20, 2016, when application PCT/US2016/033617, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 14, 2019) | May 20, 2036 | 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 10,517,310, US 10,959,442, US 9,743,679) | resolves to May 20, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Nov 2, 2025 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 2, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2016/033617 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,743,679 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| US 10,517,310 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 11,160,287 | this patent Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| US 10,959,442 | In force May 2036 | May 2036 |
| US 11,812,758 | In force May 2036 | May 2036 |
| Application 18/481,776 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2020 Reel 53137, frame 24 | Perez, Louis; Rogers, James; Bakus, II, Ronald C.; Holland, Chance; Du, Jenny | Apeel Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 1, 2022 Reel 60562, frame 503 | Apeel Technology, Inc. | SLR Investment Corp., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 15, 2023 Reel 66045, frame 1 | SLR Investment Corp., as Agent | Apeel Technology, Inc. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement at Reel/Frame No. 60562/0503 |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,517,310, US 10,959,442, US 9,743,679, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
16
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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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