Term ends May 14, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 29, 2030
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Applied Underwriters, Inc.
Filed Oct 8, 2021 as application 17/450,313 · Granted Mar 25, 2025
Base term plus 105 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jan 29, 2010
Jan 29, 2010
Term ends
May 14, 2030
May 14, 2030
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Mar 25, 2025
base term
patent term adjustment
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
105
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,164,462, to May 14, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
8
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 105 days past its 20-year base term on 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 1 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 Jan 29, 2010, when application 12/696,256, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 8, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jan 29, 2030 | 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 | +105 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 14, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,164,462) | resolves to May 14, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 14, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,908,157 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 10,164,462 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 10,418,846 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 10,432,014 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 11,177,685 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 12,261,476 | this patent May 2030 | May 2030 |
| Application 19/067,840 | Pending not computed | not computed |
7 of 8 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 8, 2021 Reel 57739, frame 661 | Smith, Justin N.; Nowotarski, Mark S. | Applied Underwriters, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
May 2030
Term ends May 14, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 105 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,164,462, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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.