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Vaporizer Device Heater Control

US 12,739,945 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 29, 2026 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).

Term ends Jan 20, 2040 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Jul 31, 2023 as application 18/228,448 · Granted Sep 15, 2026
Base term plus 213 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2040
Clock starts
Jun 21, 2019
Term ends
Jan 20, 2040
Granted
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
213
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.
9
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 213 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 21, 2019, when application 16/449,278, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 31, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jun 21, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+213 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 20, 2040High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 20, 2040Medium confidence

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US 10,986,875In force
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US 10,888,125In force
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Application 16/455,629Pending
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US 11,944,130In force
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US 11,716,789In force
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US 12,739,945this patent
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US 12,727,626In force
Jul 2039
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Application 19/245,095Pending
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8 of 9 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 7, 2023
Reel 65800, frame 421
Juul Labs, Inc.Jli National Settlement TrustSecurity Interest
Jul 23, 2024
Reel 68060, frame 483
Fisher, Joseph R., JR.; Hatton, Nicholas J.; Murphy, Andrew L.; Pham, Hugh; Valentine, ValJuul Labs, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 29, 2026
Reel 75853, frame 773
Juul Labs, Inc.; VMR Products LLC; Envenio Inc.Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Jul 2, 2026
Reel 75901, frame 32
Jli National Settlement Trust,Juul Labs, Inc.; VMR Products LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 2, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Jli National Settlement Trust,Juul Labs, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 2, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Jli National Settlement Trust,VMR Products LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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