Term ends Jun 30, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 18, 2039
Held by Aim Design, LLC
Filed Jul 18, 2019 as application 16/515,605 · Granted Jul 12, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Jul 18, 2019
Jul 18, 2019
Term ends
Jun 30, 2037
Jun 30, 2037
Granted
Jul 12, 2022
Jul 12, 2022
base term
after the term ends
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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,595,633.
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. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Jul 18, 2019, when this application, 16/515,605, was filed | Jul 18, 2039 | 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 resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,595,633) | capped to Jun 30, 2037 | 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 | Jun 30, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 62/732,833 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,382,423 | this patent Jun 2037 | Jun 2037 |
| US 12,376,678 | In force Mar 2040 | Mar 2040 |
| US 12,569,062 | In force Dec 2039 | Dec 2039 |
| Application 19/560,269 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2022 Reel 60110, frame 911 | Allen, John R.; Allen, Samuel P. | Aim Design, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jun 2037
Term ends Jun 30, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,595,633.
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
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