Term ends Mar 30, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 30, 2037
Held by NRT Technologies, Inc.
Filed Apr 7, 2017 as application 15/482,697 · Granted May 12, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Mar 30, 2017
Mar 30, 2017
Term ends
Mar 30, 2037
Mar 30, 2037
Granted
May 12, 2020
May 12, 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,217,312, to Mar 30, 2037. 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.
6
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 Mar 30, 2017, when application 15/475,040, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 7, 2017) | Mar 30, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,217,312) | resolves to Mar 30, 2037, 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 | Mar 30, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,217,312 | In force Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| US 10,650,550 | this patent Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| US 11,308,642 | In force Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| US 11,861,866 | In force no later than Mar 2037 | no later than Mar 2037 |
| US 12,548,190 | In force Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| Application 19/451,133 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 2017 Reel 43919, frame 458 | Visualimits, LLC | Fifth Third Bank, As Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 1, 2017 Reel 44269, frame 878 | McClellan, Ryan; Tinling, Brett; Groenevelt, Robin | Visualimits, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 3, 2021 Reel 57405, frame 985 | Visualimits, LLC | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Sep 17, 2021 Reel 57511, frame 436 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | Visualimits, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 26, 2024 Reel 67840, frame 980 | Visualimits, LLC | NRT Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2037
Term ends Mar 30, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,217,312, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
72
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.