Term ends May 13, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 21, 2029
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by The Quantum Group, Inc. and Guillama, Noel J.
Filed Jun 24, 2014 as application 14/313,282 · Granted Dec 25, 2018
Base term plus 296 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Jul 21, 2009
Jul 21, 2009
Term ends
May 13, 2030
May 13, 2030
Granted
Dec 25, 2018
Dec 25, 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
296
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
2
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 296 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is 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 Jul 21, 2009, when application 12/506,659, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 24, 2014); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 21, 2029 | 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 | +296 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 13, 2030 | 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 | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 13, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,162,477 | this patent May 2030 | May 2030 |
1 of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Guillama, Jahziel; Guillama, Noel J.; Heath, Chester; Sanchez, Pedro Alejandro | The Quantum Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 24, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Guillama, Jahziel; Guillama, Noel J.; Heath, Chester; Sanchez, Pedro Alejandro | Guillama, Noel J. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 24, 2014 Reel 33167, frame 963 | Guillama, Noel J.; Heath, Chester; Guillama, Jahziel; Sanchez, Pedro Alejandro | The Quantum Group, Inc.; Guillama, Noel J. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
May 2030
Term ends May 13, 2030.
Note
The 296 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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