Term ends Dec 30, 2035 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 30, 2035
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 12,100,033), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Gigsmart, Inc.
Filed Aug 13, 2024 as application 18/801,908 · Granted Sep 15, 2026
Base term plus 101 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Dec 30, 2015
Dec 30, 2015
Term ends
Dec 30, 2035
Dec 30, 2035
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Sep 15, 2026
base term
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
101
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,694,250, US 12,100,033.
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.
10
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 101 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 2 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 30, 2015, when application PCT/US2015/068094, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 13, 2024) | Dec 30, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +101 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 9, 2036 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,694,250, US 12,100,033) | capped to Dec 30, 2035 | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 30, 2035 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2015/068094 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,592,952 | In force Nov 2037 | Nov 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2017/057299 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,694,250 | In force Oct 2037 | Oct 2037 |
| US 11,157,982 | In force May 2036 | May 2036 |
| US 11,170,426 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| US 11,954,717 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 12,100,033 | In force no later than Dec 2035 | no later than Dec 2035 |
8 of 10 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2024 Reel 68279, frame 529 | Catino, Theodore A.; Catino, Beverly A.; Catino, Mitchell A. | Gigsmart, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 14, 2024 Reel 68603, frame 582 | Gigsmart, LLC | Gigsmart, Inc. | Conversion |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2035
Term ends Dec 30, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 101 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,694,250, US 12,100,033.
Citations
We have no citation count for this patent yet. That is not the same as never having been cited.
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Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.