Also listed on Vericool, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 6, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Apr 1, 2036 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 1, 2036
Held by Vericool World, LLC
Filed Mar 6, 2018 as application 15/913,538 · Granted Apr 21, 2020
Base term plus 33 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Apr 1, 2016
Apr 1, 2016
Term ends
Apr 1, 2036
Apr 1, 2036
Granted
Apr 21, 2020
Apr 21, 2020
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
33
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,550,618, US 9,751,683, US 9,957,098.
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.
12
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 33 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 Apr 1, 2016, when application 15/089,344, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 6, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 1, 2036 | 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 | +33 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 4, 2036 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,550,618, US 9,751,683, US 9,957,098) | capped to Apr 1, 2036 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Further caveats on record | The record names parents not resolved: 15279172, 15094787, 15089344, 15279172 | Low confidence overall | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 1, 2036 | Low confidence |
This family
| Application 15/089,344 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,550,618 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| US 9,751,683 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 9,957,098 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2017/015893 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,647,497 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 10,625,923 | this patent Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 11,453,540 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2018 Reel 45423, frame 988 | Jobe, Darrell | Vericool, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 18, 2021 Reel 57816, frame 343 | Vericool, Inc. | Fish & Richardson P.C. | Lien |
| Dec 28, 2021 Reel 58493, frame 967 | Fish & Richardson PC | Vericool, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 23, 2022 Reel 59378, frame 632 | Vericool, Inc. | Vcool (Assignment for Benefit of Creditors) LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 23, 2022 Reel 59483, frame 159 | Vcool (Assignment for Benefit of Creditors) LLC | Vericool World, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 13, 2023 Reel 62389, frame 186 | Vericool World, LLC | Storopack, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Apr 18, 2023 Reel 63361, frame 948 | Vericool World, LLC | Storopack, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Mar 18, 2024 Reel 66811, frame 187 | Storopack, Inc. | Vericool World LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 26, 2024 Reel 66898, frame 660 | Storopack, Inc. | Vericool World LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 28, 2025 Reel 72676, frame 364 | Vericool World LLC | Temperpack Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 2, 2025 Reel 72446, frame 926 | Vericool, Inc. | Vcool (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 2, 2025 Reel 72447, frame 42 | Vcool (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC | Vericool World, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 6, 2025 Reel 72816, frame 641 | Temperpack Technologies Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
Sources
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Apr 2036
Term ends Apr 1, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 33 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,550,618, US 9,751,683, US 9,957,098.
Citations
132
later US patents cite this one
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