Term ends Feb 17, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 17, 2035
Held by Sys-Tech Solutions, Inc.
Filed Dec 9, 2016 as application 15/374,729 · Granted Apr 10, 2018
USPTO first gave this application the number US 9,904,888 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Feb 17, 2015
Feb 17, 2015
Term ends
Feb 17, 2035
Feb 17, 2035
Granted
Apr 10, 2018
Apr 10, 2018
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.
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.
4
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 Feb 17, 2015, when application 14/623,925, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 9, 2016) | Feb 17, 2035 | 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 | Feb 17, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,519,942 | In force Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2015/058620 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,940,572 | this patent Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2017/064900 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 2016 Reel 40726, frame 203 | Soborski, Michael L. | Sys-Tech Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 1, 2017 Reel 43471, frame 499 | Sys-Tech Solutions, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Aug 5, 2019 Reel 49963, frame 612 | Sys-Tech Solutions Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Second Amended and Restated Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jan 27, 2020 Reel 51708, frame 380 | Silicon Valley Bank | Sys-Tech Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Feb 2035
Term ends Feb 17, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
24
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2018 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.