Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 28, 2016 (The Bank of Nova Scotia).
Term ends Apr 10, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 14, 2032
Held by Decolin Inc.
Filed Nov 14, 2012 as application 13/676,800 · Granted Mar 1, 2016
Base term plus 512 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2034
Clock starts
Nov 14, 2012
Nov 14, 2012
Term ends
Apr 10, 2034
Apr 10, 2034
Granted
Mar 1, 2016
Mar 1, 2016
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
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
512
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
3
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 512 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 14, 2012, when this application, 13/676,800, was filed | Nov 14, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +512 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 10, 2034 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 10, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,271,592 | this patent Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
| US 9,107,529 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 9,131,795 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2012 Reel 29313, frame 826 | Didehvar, Kaveh; Webb, Joseph; Mikita, Alex | Zenith Products Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 27, 2016 Reel 37608, frame 933 | Zenith Products Corporation | Decolin Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 28, 2016 Reel 37632, frame 903 | Decolin Inc. | The Bank of Nova Scotia | Security Interest |
| Jan 3, 2018 Reel 44997, frame 703 | Decolin Inc. | Bnp Paribas, As Collateral Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jan 10, 2025 Reel 69868, frame 612 | Decolin Inc. | Royal Bank of Canada | Security Interest |
| Jan 10, 2025 Reel 69871, frame 173 | BNP Paribas | Decolin Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2034
Term ends Apr 10, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 512 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
77
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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