Term ends Sep 13, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 9, 2038
Held by Cold Chain Technologies, LLC
Filed Nov 8, 2018 as application 16/184,878 · Granted Nov 29, 2022
Base term plus 127 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
May 9, 2018
May 9, 2018
Term ends
Sep 13, 2038
Sep 13, 2038
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
127
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 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.
4
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 127 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 application 15/975,600, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 8, 2018) | May 9, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +127 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 13, 2038 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 13, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,499,770 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 11,511,928 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2019 Reel 49782, frame 116 | Rizzo, Anthony; Longley, Amanda Lynn; Nilsen, James; Lee, Tzeho; Orsini, Richard; Pranadi, Fery; Cook, Gregory; Moghaddas, Ali; Skocypec, Brian Paul; Consiglio, Joseph Francis | Cold Chain Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 2, 2019 Reel 49945, frame 515 | Cold Chain Technologies, LLC | Antares Capital LP, as Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 6, 2019 Reel 50940, frame 519 | Cold Chain Technologies, Inc. | Cold Chain Technologies, LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2038
Term ends Sep 13, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 127 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
129
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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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.