Term ends Aug 21, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 21, 2037
Held by Levi Strauss & Co.
Filed Apr 20, 2021 as application 17/235,626 · Granted Jun 13, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Aug 21, 2017
Aug 21, 2017
Term ends
Aug 21, 2037
Aug 21, 2037
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
Jun 13, 2023
base term
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
6
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. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 21, 2017, when application 15/682,507, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 20, 2021) | Aug 21, 2037 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 21, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,051,905 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 10,327,494 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| Application 16/120,189 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,980,302 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 11,673,419 | this patent Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| Application 18/331,890 | Abandoned 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 9, 2022 Reel 59875, frame 979 | Levi Strauss & Co. | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2037
Term ends Aug 21, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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