Also listed on Cascodium LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 16, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 31, 2036
Held by Altria Client Services LLC
Filed Jul 31, 2016 as application 15/224,608 · Granted Aug 4, 2020
Base term plus 715 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2038
Clock starts
Jul 31, 2016
Jul 31, 2016
Term ends
Jul 16, 2038
Jul 16, 2038
Granted
Aug 4, 2020
Aug 4, 2020
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
715
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.
3
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 715 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 31, 2016, when this application, 15/224,608, was filed | Jul 31, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +715 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 16, 2038 | 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 | Jul 16, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,729,177 | this patent Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 11,641,882 | In force Nov 2037 | Nov 2037 |
| US 12,733,682 | In force Nov 2037 | Nov 2037 |
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 9, 2017 Reel 42662, frame 285 | Butler, Paul; Cobler, Patrick J.; Cao, Kai | Cascodium Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 23, 2017 Reel 42798, frame 66 | Dendy, Charles; Diana, Phillip; Weigensberg, Zack | Altria Client Services LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 23, 2017 Reel 42798, frame 346 | Cascodium Inc. | Altria Client Services LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 1, 2017 Reel 43153, frame 288 | Weigensberg, Isaac | Altria Client Services LLC | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
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What's changing
Jul 2038
Term ends Jul 16, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 715 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
84
later US patents cite this one
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