Also listed on Stride Tool LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Sep 24, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 21, 2034
Filed Jan 21, 2014 as application 14/160,006 · Granted Oct 22, 2019
Base term plus 977 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2036
Clock starts
Jan 21, 2014
Jan 21, 2014
Term ends
Sep 24, 2036
Sep 24, 2036
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Oct 22, 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
977
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.
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 977 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 Jan 21, 2014, when this application, 14/160,006, was filed | Jan 21, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +977 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 24, 2036 | 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 | Sep 24, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,452,061 | this patent Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| US 10,663,959 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
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 27, 2014 Reel 33197, frame 199 | Yenni, Edward; Vielhaber, Timothy; Rodgers, David; Podhradsky, John; Bergmann, James L.; Spohn, William P.; Northrup, William; Bonitati, Robert James | Stride Tool, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 8, 2015 Reel 35352, frame 863 | Stride Tool Inc. | Alostar Bank of Commerce | Security Interest |
| May 4, 2016 Reel 38452, frame 533 | Alostar Bank of Commerce | Stride Tool, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 4, 2016 Reel 38602, frame 706 | ST Acquisition, LLC | Stride Tool, LLC | Change of Name |
| Sep 7, 2016 Reel 39927, frame 437 | Stride Tool, Inc. | North Park Innovations Group, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Sep 2036
Term ends Sep 24, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 977 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
68
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.