Term ends Feb 8, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 8, 2033
Held by Frontgrade Technologies Inc.
Filed Jun 30, 2017 as application 15/640,219 · Granted Jul 10, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Feb 8, 2013
Feb 8, 2013
Term ends
Feb 8, 2033
Feb 8, 2033
Granted
Jul 10, 2018
Jul 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,711,859, to Feb 8, 2033. 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.
6
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 Feb 8, 2013, when application 13/762,836, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 30, 2017) | Feb 8, 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,711,859) | resolves to Feb 8, 2033, 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 | Feb 8, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,711,859 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 10,020,585 | this patent Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 10,243,273 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 10,389,032 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 10,923,827 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 11,735,824 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2018 Reel 46018, frame 440 | Muesse, Allen R.; Mills, Steven R.; Fenick, John E.; Navarro, Fernando J.; Macy, David F. | Trivec-Avant Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 9, 2021 Reel 55204, frame 343 | Trivec-Avant Corporation | Cobham Trivec-Avant Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 9, 2021 Reel 55204, frame 346 | Cobham Trivec-Avant Inc. | Cobham Exeter Inc. | Merger |
| Apr 7, 2021 Reel 55847, frame 986 | Trivec-Avant Corporation | Cobham Trivec-Avant Inc. | Change of Name |
| Apr 8, 2021 Reel 55862, frame 668 | Cobham Trivec-Avant Inc. | Cobham Exeter Inc. | Merger |
| May 11, 2022 Reel 59939, frame 965 | Cobham Exeter Inc. | Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Inc. | Merger |
| Aug 22, 2022 Reel 60860, frame 613 | Cobham Exeter Inc. | Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Inc. | Merger |
| Jan 9, 2023 Reel 62337, frame 939 | Caes Colorado Springs LLC; Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 29, 2023 Reel 64177, frame 913 | Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Inc. | Frontgrade Technologies Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2033
Term ends Feb 8, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,711,859, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
8
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.
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.