Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 3, 2023 (TD Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Dec 21, 2038 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 21, 2038
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Sig Sauer, Inc.
Filed Mar 17, 2023 as application 18/185,809 · Granted Apr 8, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Dec 21, 2018
Dec 21, 2018
Term ends
Dec 21, 2038
Dec 21, 2038
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Apr 8, 2025
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
7
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 3 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 Dec 21, 2018, when application 16/230,028, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 17, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 21, 2038 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 21, 2038 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,480,880 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 10,962,315 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,287,203 | In force no later than Dec 2038 | no later than Dec 2038 |
| US 11,635,266 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 12,270,620 | this patent Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| Application 19/093,965 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US 12,704,335 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
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 28, 2023 Reel 64093, frame 773 | Thomele, Adrian; Knight, Jason; Shinkle, Scott D. | Sig Sauer, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 3, 2023 Reel 64138, frame 600 | Sig Sauer Inc. | TD Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 24, 2025 Reel 71023, frame 417 | Sig Sauer Inc. | TD Bank, N.A, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2038
Term ends Dec 21, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
3
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