Term ends Oct 22, 2034 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 22, 2034
Held by Jackson, Roger P.
Filed Dec 23, 2019 as application 16/724,856 · Granted Oct 20, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Oct 22, 2014
Oct 22, 2014
Term ends
Oct 22, 2034
Oct 22, 2034
Granted
Oct 20, 2020
Oct 20, 2020
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,512,487, to Oct 22, 2034. 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: 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 Oct 22, 2014, when application 14/521,030, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 23, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 22, 2034 | 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 | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,512,487) | resolves to Oct 22, 2034, 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 |
| Further caveats on record | The record names parents not resolved: 15420803, 15420803 | Low confidence overall | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 22, 2034 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 9,566,092 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 10,238,430 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 10,512,487 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 10,806,495 | this patent Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 12,108,968 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 12,773,239 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 2019 Reel 51355, frame 74 | Surber, James L. | Jackson, Roger P. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Oct 2034
Term ends Oct 22, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,512,487, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
5
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
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.