Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 7, 2021 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ends Dec 7, 2038 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 29, 2037
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Staples, Inc.
Filed Jun 15, 2020 as application 16/902,030 · Granted Jul 18, 2023
Base term plus 434 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2038
Clock starts
Sep 29, 2017
Sep 29, 2017
Term ends
Dec 7, 2038
Dec 7, 2038
Granted
Jul 18, 2023
Jul 18, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
434
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
15
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 434 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Sep 29, 2017, when application 15/721,472, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 15, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 29, 2037 | 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 | +434 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 7, 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 7, 2038 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,803,420 | In force Dec 2037 | Dec 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2017/054627 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2018/012641 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,683,171 | In force Oct 2037 | Oct 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2018/012645 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,589,931 | In force Nov 2037 | Nov 2037 |
| US 11,697,554 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 11,702,287 | this patent Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
8 of 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2020 Reel 53243, frame 886 | Jarvis, Daniel; Amador, Paolo Gerli; Bhaskaran, Michael; Kalra, Amit; Gopalakrishnan, Vikranth; Gallaway, Rodney | Staples, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 7, 2021 Reel 57436, frame 619 | Staples, Inc.; Worklife Brands LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jun 11, 2024 Reel 67687, frame 558 | Staples, Inc. | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Term Loan Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2024 Reel 67697, frame 639 | Staples, Inc. | Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Notes Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 12, 2024 Reel 67711, frame 239 | Staples, Inc. | Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Notes Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2038
Term ends Dec 7, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 434 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2023 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.