Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 29, 2023 (Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company).
Term ends Jan 10, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 20, 2037
Held by Ulab Systems, Inc.
Filed Sep 20, 2017 as application 15/710,469 · Granted Jul 23, 2019
Base term plus 112 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2038
Clock starts
Sep 20, 2017
Sep 20, 2017
Term ends
Jan 10, 2038
Jan 10, 2038
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
Jul 23, 2019
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
112
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 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.
6
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 112 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Sep 20, 2017, when this application, 15/710,469, was filed | Sep 20, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +112 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 10, 2038 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 10, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,357,342 | this patent Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| US 10,588,723 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| US 10,925,698 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| US 11,707,180 | In force Oct 2037 | Oct 2037 |
| US 12,193,635 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| Application 18/970,573 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 25, 2017 Reel 43951, frame 41 | Falkel, Michael I. | Ulab Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 29, 2023 Reel 65386, frame 799 | Ulab Systems, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2038
Term ends Jan 10, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 112 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
64
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2019 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.