Term ends Oct 3, 2033 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 15, 2033
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Quest Products, LLC
Filed Dec 16, 2024 as application 18/982,870 · Granted Sep 15, 2026
Base term plus 80 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Jul 15, 2013
Jul 15, 2013
Term ends
Oct 3, 2033
Oct 3, 2033
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Sep 15, 2026
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
80
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 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.
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 runs 80 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Jul 15, 2013, when application 13/942,267, 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) | Jul 15, 2033 | 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 | +80 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 3, 2033 | 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 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 3, 2033 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,278,030 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| US 10,219,951 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| US 11,045,357 | In force Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
| US 12,186,155 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| US 12,734,072 | this patent Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 Reel 75468, frame 704 | Olson, Richard C. | Olson IP Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 30, 2026 Reel 75468, frame 865 | Clinere Products, LLC | Quest Products, LLC | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2033
Term ends Oct 3, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 80 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.