Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 4, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Oct 14, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 14, 2034
Held by Munchkin, Inc.
Filed Dec 28, 2015 as application 14/980,620 · Granted Oct 31, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Oct 14, 2014
Oct 14, 2014
Term ends
Oct 14, 2034
Oct 14, 2034
Granted
Oct 31, 2017
Oct 31, 2017
base term
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,241,588, to Oct 14, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
12
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Oct 14, 2014, when application 14/514,186, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 28, 2015) | Oct 14, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,241,588) | resolves to Oct 14, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Oct 14, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,241,588 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2014/060744 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US D744,281 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US D741,658 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,801,481 | this patent Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 9,888,796 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 10,165,878 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 10,827,860 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2017 Reel 42530, frame 880 | Dunn, Steven Bryan; Hatherill, Mark A; Johnson, Kevin Douglas; Saxton, Matthew Joseph | Munchkin, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 4, 2025 Reel 70740, frame 669 | Munchkin, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2034
Term ends Oct 14, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,241,588, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2017 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.