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Term ends Mar 9, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Feb 6, 2023 as application 18/106,173 · Granted Jan 20, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Dec 9, 2015
Term ends
Mar 9, 2035
Granted
Jan 20, 2026
base term after the term ends 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,496,632, US 11,586,607.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
5
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. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 2 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 9, 2015, when application 14/963,674, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 6, 2023)Dec 9, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,496,632, US 11,586,607)capped to Mar 9, 2035High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 9, 2035High confidence

This family

US 10,496,632In force
Dec 2035
Dec 2035
Application PCT/US2016/065783PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 11,586,607In force
Mar 2035
Mar 2035
US 12,530,340this patent
Mar 2035
Mar 2035
Application 19/416,566Pending
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 8, 2023
Reel 62629, frame 876
Kennedy, Thomas R., JR.Vinyl Development LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 11, 2023
Reel 63282, frame 411
Vinyl Development LLCJitterbit, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's 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.

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