Term ends Jul 28, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 14, 2034
Held by OmniGuide, Inc.
Filed Mar 14, 2014 as application 14/210,748 · Granted May 29, 2018
Base term plus 867 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2036
Clock starts
Mar 14, 2014
Mar 14, 2014
Term ends
Jul 28, 2036
Jul 28, 2036
Granted
May 29, 2018
May 29, 2018
base term
patent term adjustment
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
867
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 867 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 Mar 14, 2014, when this application, 14/210,748, was filed | Mar 14, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +867 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 28, 2036 | 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 28, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2014/027754 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,980,775 | this patent Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| US 10,206,744 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
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 31, 2018 Reel 46662, frame 671 | Omniguide, Inc. | Solar Capital Ltd., as Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2036
Term ends Jul 28, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 867 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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
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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.