Term ends Feb 17, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 17, 2036
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Philip Morris Products S.A.
Filed Apr 12, 2023 as application 18/133,991 · Granted May 7, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Feb 17, 2016
Feb 17, 2016
Term ends
Feb 17, 2036
Feb 17, 2036
Granted
May 7, 2024
May 7, 2024
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
17
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 2 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 Feb 17, 2016, when applications 15/045,410 and 15/045,442, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Apr 12, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 17, 2036 | 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 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 17, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,894,936 | In force May 2036 | May 2036 |
| US 10,076,137 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 10,299,515 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| US 10,986,872 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| US 10,893,707 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 11,770,877 | In force Jun 2037 | Jun 2037 |
| US 11,647,566 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| US 11,979,949 | this patent Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
8 of 17 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 6, 2025 Reel 72483, frame 568 | Krietzman, Mark H. | Hillcrest First LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 28, 2025 Reel 73284, frame 592 | Hillcrest First LLC | Philip Morris Products S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Feb 2036
Term ends Feb 17, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
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