Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 24, 2024 (Fifth Third Bank, National Association).
Term ends Apr 25, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 28, 2036
Held by K&N Engineering, Inc.
Filed Oct 28, 2016 as application 15/337,356 · Granted Jan 5, 2021
Base term plus 179 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
Oct 28, 2016
Oct 28, 2016
Term ends
Apr 25, 2037
Apr 25, 2037
Granted
Jan 5, 2021
Jan 5, 2021
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
179
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.
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 runs 179 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
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 28, 2016, when this application, 15/337,356, was filed | Oct 28, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +179 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 25, 2037 | 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 | Apr 25, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2016/059521 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,883,455 | this patent Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| US 11,608,802 | In force Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| US 11,927,158 | In force Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
| US 12,345,221 | In force Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
| Application 19/239,696 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2016 Reel 40534, frame 268 | Williams, Steve; Wall, Jere James | K&N Engineering, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 17, 2022 Reel 61689, frame 682 | K & N Engineering, Inc. | Ankura Trust Company, LLC | Superpriority Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 15, 2023 Reel 62760, frame 937 | Ankura Trust Company, LLC | K & N Engineering, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 24, 2024 Reel 71008, frame 165 | K & N Engineering, Inc. | Fifth Third Bank, National Association, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 25, 2024 Reel 69268, frame 13 | K & N Engineering, Inc. | Ankura Trust Company, LLC | Patent Security Agreement – Supplement No. 1 |
| May 8, 2026 Reel 75785, frame 57 | Ankura Trust Company, LLC | K & N Engineering, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2037
Term ends Apr 25, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 179 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2021 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.