Term ends Mar 4, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 4, 2036
Held by Walmart Apollo, LLC
Filed Sep 23, 2016 as application 15/274,991 · Granted Jan 29, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Mar 4, 2016
Mar 4, 2016
Term ends
Mar 4, 2036
Mar 4, 2036
Granted
Jan 29, 2019
Jan 29, 2019
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
10
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. 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 Mar 4, 2016, when application 15/061,801, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 23, 2016) | Mar 4, 2036 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | 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 4, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,130,232 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 10,189,691 | this patent Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 10,315,897 | In force Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| US 10,669,140 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| US 10,508,010 | In force Jun 2037 | Jun 2037 |
| US 10,597,270 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| Application 16/399,854 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/858,403 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2016 Reel 39860, frame 916 | Taylor, Robert C.; Winkle, David C.; High, Donald R. | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 17, 2018 Reel 45780, frame 612 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | Walmart Apollo, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 28, 2018 Reel 46458, frame 270 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | Walmart Apollo, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Application Number 62125147 to Application Number 62425147 Previously Recorded on Reel 045780 Frame 0612. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Dec 26, 2018 Reel 47984, frame 975 | High, Donald R.; Taylor, Robert C.; Winkle, David C. | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Underlying Document Previously Recorded at Reel: 039860 Frame: 0916. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
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What's changing
Mar 2036
Term ends Mar 4, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
87
later US patents cite this one
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