Term ends Mar 15, 2033 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 15, 2033
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Briggs & Stratton, LLC
Filed Jul 18, 2017 as application 15/652,905 · Granted Oct 9, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2013
Mar 15, 2013
Term ends
Mar 15, 2033
Mar 15, 2033
Granted
Oct 9, 2018
Oct 9, 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 9,849,776, to Mar 15, 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.
13
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: 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 Mar 15, 2013, when application 13/840,070, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 18, 2017); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 15, 2033 | 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 | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,849,776) | resolves to Mar 15, 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 | Mar 15, 2033 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,161,490 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 9,597,957 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 9,481,242 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 9,849,776 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 9,707,842 | In force no later than Mar 2033 | no later than Mar 2033 |
| US 10,421,356 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 10,093,178 | this patent Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 10,093,179 | In force no later than Mar 2033 | no later than Mar 2033 |
8 of 13 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 18, 2017 Reel 43035, frame 797 | Melone, Mark J.; Marshall, James F.; Smith, Richard; Lynch, Mark; Rasch, Travis; Slegelis, Erik; Weber, Steven J.; Oswald, Denis | Briggs & Stratton Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 27, 2019 Reel 50564, frame 916 | Briggs & Stratton Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 22, 2020 Reel 53287, frame 487 | Briggs & Stratton Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2020 Reel 54617, frame 331 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Briggs & Stratton Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 21, 2020 Reel 53838, frame 46 | Briggs & Stratton, LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 22, 2020 Reel 53850, frame 192 | Briggs & Stratton, LLC | KPS Capital Finance Management, LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 22, 2020 Reel 53885, frame 211 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Briggs & Stratton Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2021 Reel 57042, frame 247 | Briggs & Stratton Corporation | Briggs & Stratton, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2033
Term ends Mar 15, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,849,776, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
6
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.