Term ends Jul 3, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 17, 2029
Held by 4WEB, LLC
Filed Oct 18, 2019 as application 16/657,268 · Granted Nov 29, 2022
Base term plus 198 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Dec 17, 2009
Dec 17, 2009
Term ends
Jul 3, 2030
Jul 3, 2030
Granted
Nov 29, 2022
Nov 29, 2022
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
198
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 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
13
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 198 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 1 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 Dec 17, 2009, when application 12/640,825, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 18, 2019) | Dec 17, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +198 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 3, 2030 | 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 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 3, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,430,930 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 9,421,108 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 9,545,317 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 11,278,421 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 9,999,516 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| Application 15/489,049 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/721,940 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,510,787 | this patent Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
8 of 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2021 Reel 57786, frame 316 | Hunt, Jessee | 4-Web Spine, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 1, 2021 Reel 57988, frame 950 | 4-Web, Inc. | 4WEB, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Nov 1, 2021 Reel 57989, frame 5 | 4-Web Spine, Inc. | 4-Web, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Mar 22, 2024 Reel 66873, frame 807 | SWK Funding LLC | 4WEB, Inc. | Partial Release of Intellectual Property Security Interest |
| Apr 5, 2024 Reel 67024, frame 252 | 4WEB, Inc. | 4WEB, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jul 2030
Term ends Jul 3, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 198 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
27
later US patents cite this one
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