Term ends Jan 16, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 16, 2038
Held by Nielsen-Kellerman Holdings, Inc.
Filed Feb 11, 2020 as application 16/787,413 · Granted Mar 22, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Jan 16, 2018
Jan 16, 2018
Term ends
Jan 16, 2038
Jan 16, 2038
Granted
Mar 22, 2022
Mar 22, 2022
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.
5
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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 16, 2018, when application 15/872,237, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 11, 2020) | Jan 16, 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 | Jan 16, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,137,232 | In force Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
| US 11,280,593 | this patent Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| US 11,656,062 | In force Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| US 11,982,517 | In force Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| Application 18/635,896 | Abandoned 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2020 Reel 54204, frame 313 | Sitzman, Alex J; Petersen, Weston D; Itz, Garet L; Dorflinger, Ivan | Magnetospeed, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 17, 2020 Reel 54676, frame 464 | Nielsen-Kellerman Co. | The Huntington National Bank, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 9, 2021 Reel 55192, frame 294 | Sitzman, Alex | Magnetospeed, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 9, 2021 Reel 55192, frame 302 | Petersen, Weston | Magnetospeed, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 9, 2021 Reel 55192, frame 443 | Itz, Garet | Magnetospeed, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 9, 2021 Reel 55196, frame 819 | Magnetospeed, LLC | Nielsen-Kellerman, Co. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 13, 2025 Reel 69840, frame 399 | The Huntington National Bank | Nielsen-Kellerman Co. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2025 Reel 70276, frame 224 | Nielsen-Kellerman Co. | Nielsen-Kellerman Holdings, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jan 2038
Term ends Jan 16, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
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