Term ends Jun 15, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 4, 2036
Held by Walmart Apollo, LLC
Filed Mar 1, 2017 as application 15/446,914 · Granted Dec 17, 2019
Base term plus 468 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
Mar 4, 2016
Mar 4, 2016
Term ends
Jun 15, 2037
Jun 15, 2037
Granted
Dec 17, 2019
Dec 17, 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
468
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.
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 runs 468 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 Mar 4, 2016, when application 15/061,801, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 1, 2017) | Mar 4, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +468 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 15, 2037 | 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 | Jun 15, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,130,232 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 10,189,691 | In force 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 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2017 Reel 41446, frame 636 | High, Donald R.; Winkle, David C.; Atchley, Michael D. | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 23, 2018 Reel 45334, frame 483 | McHale, Brian G. | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 16, 2018 Reel 45950, frame 273 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | Walmart Apollo, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2037
Term ends Jun 15, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 468 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
70
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
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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.