Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 25, 2025 (Midcap Funding IV Trust).
Term ends Dec 29, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 1, 2040
Held by Vicis IP, LLC
Filed Mar 15, 2023 as application 18/184,263 · Granted Feb 4, 2025
Base term plus 181 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Jul 1, 2020
Jul 1, 2020
Term ends
Dec 29, 2040
Dec 29, 2040
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Feb 4, 2025
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
181
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 181 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 1, 2020, when application 16/918,773, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 15, 2023) | Jul 1, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +181 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 29, 2040 | 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 29, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,606,999 | In force Jul 2040 | Jul 2040 |
| US 12,213,552 | this patent Dec 2040 | Dec 2040 |
| Application 18/988,335 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2023 Reel 63072, frame 86 | Neubauer, Jason; Lanphear, Noah; Santiago, Cord; Kollgaard, Adam; Curren, Rich | VPG Acquisitionco, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 23, 2023 Reel 63072, frame 293 | Marver, David L. | Spark Medical, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 23, 2023 Reel 63072, frame 645 | VPG Acquisitionco, LLC | Vicis IP, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 23, 2023 Reel 63148, frame 206 | Glover, Travis E.; Fukuda, Kayla; Stone, Andre H.p.; Fischer, Kurt; Pahlmeyer, Marie; Herrera, Miguel; Cagle, John | Vicis, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 23, 2023 Reel 63148, frame 288 | Vicis, Inc. | VPG Acquisitionco, LLC | Asset Purchase Agreement |
| Mar 23, 2023 Reel 63148, frame 428 | Spark Medical, Inc. | Inc., Vicis | Change of Name |
| Nov 7, 2024 Reel 69826, frame 171 | Vicis IP, LLC; Schutt Sports Re, LLC; Schutt Sports IP, LLC; Field to Field, LLC; Certor Sports, LLC | Siena Lending Group LLC | Security Agreement |
| Sep 25, 2025 Reel 72922, frame 94 | Vicis IP, LLC; Schutt Sports IP, LLC | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Security Interest |
| Oct 3, 2025 Reel 72961, frame 780 | Siena Lending Group LLC | Schutt Sports IP, LLC; Vicis IP, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 3, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Siena Lending Group LLC | Schutt Sports IP, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 3, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Siena Lending Group LLC | Vicis IP, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Dec 2040
Term ends Dec 29, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 181 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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.