Term ends Apr 30, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 30, 2030
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Xergy Ltd.
Filed Nov 23, 2016 as application 15/360,905 · Granted Apr 12, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Apr 30, 2010
Apr 30, 2010
Term ends
Apr 30, 2030
Apr 30, 2030
Granted
Apr 12, 2022
Apr 12, 2022
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
14
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 2 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 30, 2010, when application 12/771,620, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 23, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 30, 2030 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 30, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,769,972 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 9,464,822 | In force (reinstated) no later than Jul 2030 | no later than Jul 2030 |
| Application 13/899,909 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/303,335 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,599,364 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 10,228,161 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| Application 15/289,220 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,302,932 | this patent Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2021 Reel 57139, frame 502 | Bahar, Bamdad; Zachary, Kyriacos; Parmelee, William; Fackler, Scott Thomas | Xergy Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2030
Term ends Apr 30, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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