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US 12,118,860 In force
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Also listed on Porter Corp., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 7, 2026 (Fortress Credit Corp.).

Term ends Mar 8, 2041 · High confidence

Filed Mar 31, 2020 as application 16/835,597 · Granted Oct 15, 2024
Base term plus 1174 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2041
Clock starts
Dec 20, 2017
Term ends
Mar 8, 2041
Granted
Oct 15, 2024
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
1,174
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.
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 runs 1174 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 20, 2017, when application 15/848,586, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 31, 2020)Dec 20, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1174 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 8, 2041High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 8, 2041High confidence

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US 10,636,258In force
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US 12,118,860this patent
Mar 2041
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US 12,154,415In force
Feb 2041
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Mar 31, 2020
Reel 52276, frame 27
Mercer, Scott Allan; Tyler, Russell Shaun; Hudson, Franklin ClintPorter's Group, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 6, 2026
Reel 75361, frame 218
Porter's Group LLCMaysteel Industries, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 7, 2026
Reel 74297, frame 708
Maysteel Industries, LLCFortress Credit Corp.Security Interest

Sources

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