Also listed on Phoenix LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Apr 26, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 23, 2027
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Phoenix Caliente LLC
Filed May 13, 2015 as application 14/711,759 · Granted Aug 7, 2018
Base term plus 369 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Apr 23, 2007
Apr 23, 2007
Term ends
Apr 26, 2028
Apr 26, 2028
Granted
Aug 7, 2018
Aug 7, 2018
base term
patent term adjustment
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
369
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
14
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 369 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 23, 2007, when application 11/738,644, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 13, 2015); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 23, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +369 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 26, 2028 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 26, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,614,367 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2021 | Nov 2021 |
| Application 12/615,331 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,371,251 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2021 | Feb 2021 |
| Application 13/069,363 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 13/467,551 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 13/555,122 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,776,102 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| US 10,166,489 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2023 | Jan 2023 |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2018 Reel 46499, frame 54 | Frick, F. Alan, MR | Phoenix Caliente LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2028
Term ends Apr 26, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 369 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
31
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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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