Term ends no later than Dec 27, 2030 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Held by Nite Ize, LLC

Filed Mar 9, 2012 as application 29/415,416 · Granted Dec 27, 2016

Base term, 14 years from grant

Today

14 years from grant

Ends no later than Dec 27, 2030

2016 2030

Clock starts
Dec 27, 2016

Ends no later than
Dec 27, 2030

base term 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.

14 years from grant

Base term

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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 base term, 14 years from grant, 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. No maintenance fees are payable on this kind of patent. Confidence: Medium. 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, 14 years from grant	Granted Dec 27, 2016	Dec 27, 2030	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 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
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	no later than Dec 27, 2030	Medium confidence

This family

US 8,387,216	In force Aug 2031	Aug 2031
US 8,806,723	In force Sep 2029	Sep 2029
US D669,619	Term ended Oct 2026	Oct 2026
US D774,879	this patent no later than Dec 2030	no later than Dec 2030
US 9,174,781	In force Jul 2029	Jul 2029
US 8,776,322	In force Oct 2028	Oct 2028
Application PCT/US2013/052347	PCT application no patent term	no patent term
US 10,549,895	In force Apr 2029	Apr 2029

8 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
Mar 9, 2012 Reel 27837, frame 915	Martinson, Daniel J.	Nite Ize, Inc.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 19, 2026 Reel 76014, frame 73	Nite Ize, Inc.	Nite Ize, LLC	Change of Name

Sources

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What's changing

Dec 2030

Term ends no later than Dec 27, 2030. No maintenance fees are payable on this kind of patent

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 Dec 27, 2030. We will not guess the cap.

Citations

later US patents cite this one

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