Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 22, 2021 (L3 Technologies, Inc.).
Term ends Sep 18, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 4, 2037
Held by Eotech, LLC
Filed Jan 21, 2019 as application 16/319,446 · Granted Aug 9, 2022
Base term plus 867 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2039
Clock starts
May 4, 2017
May 4, 2017
Term ends
Sep 18, 2039
Sep 18, 2039
Granted
Aug 9, 2022
Aug 9, 2022
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
867
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.
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 runs 867 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 May 4, 2017, when application PCT/US2017/031151, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 21, 2019) | May 4, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +867 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 18, 2039 | 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 | Sep 18, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2017/031151 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,410,419 | this patent Sep 2039 | Sep 2039 |
| US 11,676,377 | In force May 2037 | May 2037 |
| US 12,046,035 | In force May 2037 | May 2037 |
| US 12,705,886 | In force May 2037 | May 2037 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2019 Reel 50039, frame 231 | Burnsed, Jon; Styonavich, Stephen; Iosue, Michael | L-3 Communications Corporation-Insight Technology Division | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 6, 2020 Reel 53417, frame 817 | L3 Technologies, Inc. | Eotech, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 19, 2020 Reel 53543, frame 563 | Eotech, LLC | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Aug 26, 2020 Reel 53605, frame 138 | Eotech, LLC | Merion Investment Partners III, L.P. | Security Interest |
| Jul 22, 2021 Reel 57246, frame 748 | L3 Technologies, Inc. | L3 Technologies, Inc. | Declaration of Patent Application Owner Under Mpep §323.01(C) Regarding Assignment(S) and Security Interest(S) Improperly Recorded by Another Person Against Owner's Patent Application |
| Dec 23, 2021 Reel 58474, frame 744 | Merion Investment Partners III, L.P | Eotech, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 30, 2021 Reel 58600, frame 351 | Eotech, LLC; Hel Technologies, LLC | Blue Torch Finance LLC | Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 12, 2022 Reel 59569, frame 380 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Eotech, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 19, 2022 Reel 59725, frame 564 | Eotech, LLC | Blue Torch Finance LLC, as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 25, 2022 Reel 59790, frame 991 | Eotech, LLC | Eotech, LLC | Declaration Under 323.01(C) to Correct an Error in a Previously Recorded Document That Erroneously Affects the Identified Application |
| Jul 21, 2023 Reel 64356, frame 155 | Blue Torch Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Eotech, LLC; Hel Technologies, LLC | Notice of Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Jul 21, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Blue Torch Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Eotech, LLC | Notice of Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Jul 21, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Blue Torch Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Hel Technologies, LLC | Notice of Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Aug 11, 2023 Reel 64571, frame 724 | Eotech, LLC | Keybank National Association, As Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2039
Term ends Sep 18, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 867 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
19
later US patents cite this one
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