Term ends Dec 9, 2034 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 9, 2034
Held by Abec, Inc.
Filed Nov 13, 2019 as application 16/682,452 · Granted Nov 9, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Dec 9, 2014
Dec 9, 2014
Term ends
Dec 9, 2034
Dec 9, 2034
Granted
Nov 9, 2021
Nov 9, 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 10,519,415, to Dec 9, 2034. 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.
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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: Low. 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 Dec 9, 2014, when application PCT/US2014/069320, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 13, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 9, 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 | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,519,415) | resolves to Dec 9, 2034, 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 |
| Further caveats on record | The record names parents not resolved: 15035709 | Low confidence overall | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 9, 2034 | Low confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2014/069320 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,519,415 | In force May 2036 | May 2036 |
| US 11,168,296 | this patent Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 11,649,426 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 11,976,264 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 12,492,365 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| Application 19/319,077 | Pending 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2021 Reel 56367, frame 596 | Rudolph, Eric | Abec, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 27, 2021 Reel 56367, frame 630 | Reiss, Barry | Abec, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 27, 2021 Reel 56368, frame 37 | Kofsky, Candice | Abec, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 27, 2021 Reel 56368, frame 136 | Kubera, Paul | Abec, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 27, 2021 Reel 56368, frame 174 | Silverberg, Pete | Abec, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2034
Term ends Dec 9, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,519,415, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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.