Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 6, 2022 (Antares Capital LP).
Term ends Feb 23, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 23, 2029
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Fecon, LLC
Filed Mar 13, 2018 as application 15/920,227 · Granted Feb 12, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Feb 23, 2009
Feb 23, 2009
Term ends
Feb 23, 2029
Feb 23, 2029
Granted
Feb 12, 2019
Feb 12, 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.
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.
20
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. 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 Feb 23, 2009, when application PCT/US2009/034872, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 13, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 23, 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 | 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 | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 23, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,540,033 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US D757,124 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US D791,195 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 9,943,037 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US D795,931 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US D821,455 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| US 10,201,130 | this patent Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US D914,064 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
8 of 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2018 Reel 47136, frame 635 | Fecon, LLC | Abacus Finance Group, LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 24, 2021 Reel 58208, frame 183 | Stanley, Jeffrey; Hentz, Robert | Fecon, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 24, 2021 Reel 58250, frame 200 | Fecon, Inc. | Fecon, LLC | Conversion |
| Jan 5, 2022 Reel 58644, frame 120 | Abacus Finance Group, LLC, as Administrative Agent | Fecon, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel/Frame No.: 047136/0635 |
| Jan 6, 2022 Reel 58578, frame 135 | Fecon, LLC | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Feb 2029
Term ends Feb 23, 2029.
Citations
22
later US patents cite this one
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