Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 21, 2018 (Squadron Medical Finance Solutions LLC).
Term ends Aug 31, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 22, 2029
Held by RTG Scientific, LLC
Filed Nov 17, 2016 as application 15/354,429 · Granted Oct 15, 2019
Base term plus 70 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jun 22, 2009
Jun 22, 2009
Term ends
Aug 31, 2029
Aug 31, 2029
Granted
Oct 15, 2019
Oct 15, 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
70
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.
4
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 70 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 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 Jun 22, 2009, when application 12/489,274, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 17, 2016) | Jun 22, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +70 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 31, 2029 | 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 | Aug 31, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,337,205 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,875,399 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 9,687,319 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 10,441,385 | this patent Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2018 Reel 46276, frame 107 | RTG Scientific, Inc. | RTG Scientific, LLC | Change of Name |
| May 31, 2018 Reel 45946, frame 125 | Reed, Gary | Nspired Ideas LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 31, 2018 Reel 45946, frame 204 | Nspired Ideas LLC | RTG Scientific, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 21, 2018 Reel 46168, frame 983 | RTG Scientific, LLC | Squadron Medical Finance Solutions LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 10, 2018 Reel 47507, frame 165 | RTG Scientific, LLC | RTG Scientific, LLC | Change of Address |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2029
Term ends Aug 31, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 70 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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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.