Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 28, 2025 (Gibraltar Business Capital, LLC).
Term ends Jan 20, 2041 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 20, 2041
Held by Formetco, LLC
Filed May 11, 2022 as application 17/741,985 · Granted Aug 29, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2021
2041
Clock starts
Jan 20, 2021
Jan 20, 2021
Term ends
Jan 20, 2041
Jan 20, 2041
Granted
Aug 29, 2023
Aug 29, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,367,370, to Jan 20, 2041. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
3
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. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Jan 20, 2021, when application 17/152,941, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 11, 2022) | Jan 20, 2041 | 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 11,367,370) | resolves to Jan 20, 2041, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Jan 20, 2041 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,367,370 | In force Jan 2041 | Jan 2041 |
| US 11,741,860 | this patent Jan 2041 | Jan 2041 |
| US 12,288,483 | In force Jan 2041 | Jan 2041 |
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 12, 2022 Reel 59966, frame 220 | Innis, Isaac Charles | Tiffin Metal Products Co. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 12, 2022 Reel 59966, frame 254 | Tiffin Metal Products Co. | Formetco, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 15, 2024 Reel 66470, frame 494 | Formetco, LLC; Ad-Tech Imports, LLC | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Jun 12, 2024 Reel 67704, frame 115 | Formetco, Incorporated | Formetco, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jan 28, 2025 Reel 70038, frame 887 | Formetco, LLC | Gibraltar Business Capital, LLC | Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2041
Term ends Jan 20, 2041. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,367,370, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
5
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
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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.