Term ends May 9, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 9, 2038
Held by Cold Chain Technologies, LLC
Filed May 9, 2018 as application 15/975,600 · Granted Nov 15, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
May 9, 2018
May 9, 2018
Term ends
May 9, 2038
May 9, 2038
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Nov 15, 2022
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 11,511,928, to May 9, 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.
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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: 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 9, 2018, when this application, 15/975,600, was filed | May 9, 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 11,511,928) | resolves to May 9, 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 | May 9, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,499,770 | this patent May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 11,511,928 | In force Sep 2038 | Sep 2038 |
| US 12,043,470 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 12,552,593 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
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 2, 2019 Reel 49945, frame 515 | Cold Chain Technologies, LLC | Antares Capital LP, as Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 24, 2019 Reel 50467, frame 922 | Rizzo, Anthony; Longley, Amanda Lynn; Nilsen, James; Lee, Tzeho; Orsini, Richard; Pranadi, Fery; Cook, Gregory | Cold Chain Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 6, 2019 Reel 50940, frame 98 | Cold Chain Technologies, Inc. | Cold Chain Technologies, LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2038
Term ends May 9, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,511,928, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
43
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2022 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.