Term ends Mar 26, 2035 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 26, 2035
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Wrap Communications, Inc.
Filed Mar 14, 2016 as application 15/068,980 · Granted Jul 9, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Mar 26, 2015
Mar 26, 2015
Term ends
Mar 26, 2035
Mar 26, 2035
Granted
Jul 9, 2024
Jul 9, 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.
10
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 Mar 26, 2015, when application 14/669,395, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 14, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 26, 2035 | 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 | Mar 26, 2035 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,600,594 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 9,285,977 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
| US 9,412,208 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 12,032,897 | this patent Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
| Application 15/175,984 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/226,029 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 18/767,856 | Pending not computed | not computed |
7 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2016 Reel 38815, frame 436 | Greenberg, Eric H.; McFarland, Ian; Garris, John M.; Rolston, Mark E.; Ficklin, Jared L.; Santone, Matthew J.; Stevens, Jon | Wrap Media LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 7, 2018 Reel 45514, frame 187 | Wrap Media, LLC | Brunoco, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 23, 2023 Reel 64689, frame 196 | Brunoco, Inc. | Wrap Communications, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jun 6, 2024 Reel 67641, frame 527 | Wrap Communications, Inc. | Wrap Communications, Inc. | Change of Address |
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Mar 2035
Term ends Mar 26, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
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