Term ends May 29, 2041 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 8, 2039
Held by Premier Specialty Brands, LLC
Filed Aug 8, 2019 as application 16/535,826 · Granted Aug 12, 2025
Base term plus 660 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2041
Clock starts
Aug 8, 2019
Aug 8, 2019
Term ends
May 29, 2041
May 29, 2041
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Aug 12, 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
660
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.
6
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 660 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 Aug 8, 2019, when this application, 16/535,826, was filed | Aug 8, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +660 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 29, 2041 | 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 | May 29, 2041 | High confidence |
This family
| US 12,382,971 | this patent May 2041 | May 2041 |
| US D935,840 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| Application 63/078,496 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 63/078,625 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US 11,172,688 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| Application 19/223,271 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2019 Reel 50940, frame 905 | Powell, Olin; Carter, Adam; Mercer, Daniel; Terrell, Robert V. | Masterbuilt Manufacturing, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 29, 2020 Reel 54866, frame 678 | Masterbuilt Manufacturing, LLC | BMO Harris Bank N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 27, 2021 Reel 58591, frame 642 | BMO Harris Bank N.A. | Masterbuilt Manufacturing, LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at at Reel 054866, Frame 0678 |
| Apr 1, 2025 Reel 70693, frame 514 | Masterbuilt Manufacturing, LLC | Premier Specialty Brands, LLC | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2041
Term ends May 29, 2041. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 660 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
25
later US patents cite this one
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