Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 16, 2021 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Assistant).
Term ends Jul 20, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 14, 2039
Held by Klein Tools, Inc.
Filed Jan 14, 2019 as application 16/246,935 · Granted Sep 27, 2022
Base term plus 187 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Jan 14, 2019
Jan 14, 2019
Term ends
Jul 20, 2039
Jul 20, 2039
Granted
Sep 27, 2022
Sep 27, 2022
base term
patent term adjustment
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
187
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.
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 runs 187 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 Jan 14, 2019, when this application, 16/246,935, was filed | Jan 14, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +187 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 20, 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 | Jul 20, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,452,327 | this patent Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
| US 12,268,265 | In force May 2039 | May 2039 |
| Application 19/074,885 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2019 Reel 49763, frame 815 | Deshpande, Shantanu; Wong, Kingston | Klein Tools, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 16, 2021 Reel 58520, frame 517 | Klein Tools, Inc.; General Machine Products (KT), LLC; Tenacious Holdings, Inc.; Zah Group, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Assistant | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2039
Term ends Jul 20, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 187 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
35
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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