Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 21, 2018 (Squadron Medical Finance Solutions LLC).
Term ends Jan 28, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 3, 2032
Held by RTG Scientific, LLC
Filed Aug 30, 2017 as application 15/690,978 · Granted May 5, 2020
Base term plus 117 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Oct 3, 2012
Oct 3, 2012
Term ends
Jan 28, 2033
Jan 28, 2033
Granted
May 5, 2020
May 5, 2020
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
117
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,782,209, to Jan 28, 2033. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 117 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Oct 3, 2012, when application 13/573,736, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 30, 2017) | Oct 3, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +117 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 28, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,782,209) | resolves to Jan 28, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 28, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,782,209 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 10,639,086 | this patent Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
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 45946, frame 357 | Reed, Gary Jack | Nspired Ideas LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 31, 2018 Reel 45946, frame 418 | Nspired Ideas, LLC | RTG Scientific, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 31, 2018 Reel 46276, frame 107 | RTG Scientific, Inc. | RTG Scientific, LLC | Change of Name |
| 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 |
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What's changing
Jan 2033
Term ends Jan 28, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 117 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,782,209, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2020 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.