Term ends Jul 20, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 20, 2038
Held by Western Alliance Bank
Filed Jul 20, 2018 as application 16/041,053 · Granted Nov 16, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Jul 20, 2018
Jul 20, 2018
Term ends
Jul 20, 2038
Jul 20, 2038
Granted
Nov 16, 2021
Nov 16, 2021
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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 20, 2018, when this application, 16/041,053, was filed | Jul 20, 2038 | 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 | 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 20, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,178,272 | this patent Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 11,778,436 | In force Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 12,621,639 | In force Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2018 Reel 47022, frame 220 | Breaux, Joseph E.; Wright, John; Kennedy, Chad A. | Cellcontrol, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 30, 2020 Reel 53089, frame 1 | Cellcontrol, Inc. | Western Alliance Bank | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 8, 2020 Reel 53718, frame 545 | Cellcontrol, Inc. | Western Alliance Bank | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Nature of Conveyance Needs to Be Switched from Assignment to Security Interest Previously Recorded at Reel: 053089 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Oct 14, 2021 Reel 57793, frame 937 | Western Alliance Bank | Cellcontrol, Inc. D/B/A Truce Software, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jul 2038
Term ends Jul 20, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
33
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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