Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 18, 2025 (Churchill Agency Services LLC).
Term ends Jun 11, 2040 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 8, 2040
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Solmetex, LLC
Filed Dec 16, 2024 as application 18/983,258 · Granted May 26, 2026
Base term plus 34 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
May 8, 2020
May 8, 2020
Term ends
Jun 11, 2040
Jun 11, 2040
Granted
May 26, 2026
May 26, 2026
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
34
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.
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 runs 34 days past its 20-year base term on 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 May 8, 2020, when application 16/870,745, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 16, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 8, 2040 | 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 | +34 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 11, 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 | Jun 11, 2040 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,826,217 | In force May 2040 | May 2040 |
| US D988,506 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| US D988,505 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| US D1,037,436 | In force Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
| US 12,167,948 | In force May 2040 | May 2040 |
| US D1,091,807 | In force Sep 2040 | Sep 2040 |
| US 12,636,123 | this patent Jun 2040 | Jun 2040 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 2024 Reel 69610, frame 131 | Dryshield, LLC | Solmetex, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 17, 2024 Reel 69719, frame 771 | Nguyen, Thien; Pham, Tam Thanh; Nguyen, Ethan; Nguyen, Lauren | Dryshield, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 18, 2025 Reel 70544, frame 954 | Solmetex, LLC; Sterisil, Inc.; Dryshield, LLC; Impladent, Ltd. | Churchill Agency Services LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2040
Term ends Jun 11, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 34 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
We have no citation count for this patent yet. That is not the same as never having been cited.
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
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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.