Term ends Jul 10, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 10, 2033
Held by ScentAir Technologies, LLC
Filed Oct 3, 2016 as application 15/284,086 · Granted Mar 27, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Jul 10, 2013
Jul 10, 2013
Term ends
Jul 10, 2033
Jul 10, 2033
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Mar 27, 2018
base term
fee events
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
7
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. 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 Jul 10, 2013, when application 13/939,165, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 3, 2016) | Jul 10, 2033 | 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 | 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 | Jul 10, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,460,404 | In force Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
| US 10,775,759 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| US 9,927,789 | this patent Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| US 10,534,339 | In force (reinstated) Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| US 11,460,821 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 11,726,442 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 12,449,780 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2019 Reel 49815, frame 446 | Scentair Technologies, LLC | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 24, 2020 Reel 51606, frame 532 | Scentair Technologies, LLC | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 24, 2020 Reel 51693, frame 793 | Antares Capital LP | Scentair Technologies, LLC | Patent Release |
| Feb 4, 2026 Reel 74613, frame 667 | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Scentair Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Collateral Recorded at Reel 051606, Frame 0532 |
| Feb 5, 2026 Reel 73710, frame 984 | Scentair Technologies, LLC | Glas Agency (Hong Kong) Limited | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2033
Term ends Jul 10, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.