Lapsed Aug 9, 2024 on the fee record · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 26, 2035
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Brunoco, Inc.
Filed Jan 15, 2016 as application 14/996,582 · Granted Aug 9, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Aug 9, 2024
2015
2035
Clock starts
Mar 26, 2015
Mar 26, 2015
No longer in force
Aug 9, 2024
Aug 9, 2024
Granted
Aug 9, 2016
Aug 9, 2016
Term would have run to
Mar 26, 2035
Mar 26, 2035
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
1 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.
10
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Mar 26, 2035: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. Confidence: Low. 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 Mar 26, 2015, when application 14/669,395, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 15, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 26, 2035 | 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 | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 9, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 9, 2024 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 9,600,594 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 9,285,977 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
| US 9,412,208 | this patent Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 12,032,897 | In force Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
| Application 15/175,984 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/226,029 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 18/767,856 | Pending not computed | not computed |
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2016 Reel 37608, frame 880 | Greenberg, Eric H.; Garris, John M.; Bhasin, Kunal K.; Foster, Peter M. | Wrap Media, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 17, 2017 Reel 44324, frame 282 | Brunoco, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Mar 7, 2018 Reel 45514, frame 187 | Wrap Media, LLC | Brunoco, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Aug 9, 2024. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
38
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.