Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 18, 2025 (Churchill Agency Services LLC).
Term ends no later than Oct 12, 2037 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 12, 2037
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Solmetex LLC
Filed Jul 12, 2018 as application 16/033,823 · Granted Sep 22, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Oct 12, 2017
Oct 12, 2017
Ends no later than
Oct 12, 2037
Oct 12, 2037
Granted
Sep 22, 2020
Sep 22, 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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
13
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 on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 12, 2017, when application 15/730,828, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 12, 2018) | Oct 12, 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 on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Oct 12, 2037 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US D835,264 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US D840,533 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US D848,612 | In force May 2034 | May 2034 |
| US D835,779 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US D840,534 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US D835,778 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 10,646,313 | In force Oct 2037 | Oct 2037 |
| US 10,779,923 | this patent no later than Oct 2037 | no later than Oct 2037 |
8 of 13 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 2, 2020 Reel 52297, frame 697 | Toole, Michael; Goulston, Richard | Solmetex LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 2, 2020 Reel 52298, frame 256 | Schofield, Robin | Solmetex LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 2, 2020 Reel 52299, frame 507 | Mozzicato, Nicholas | Solmetex LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 14, 2021 Reel 54918, frame 222 | Solmetex, LLC | Midcap Financial Trust | Security Interest |
| Mar 18, 2025 Reel 70544, frame 954 | Solmetex, LLC; Sterisil, Inc.; Dryshield, LLC; Impladent, Ltd. | Churchill Agency Services LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 18, 2025 Reel 70548, frame 964 | Midcap Financial Trust | Solmetex, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2037
Term ends no later than Oct 12, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Oct 12, 2037. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.