Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 31, 2025 (Hercules Capital, Inc.).
Term ends no later than Nov 7, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 18, 2036
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Vulcanforms Inc.
Filed Jan 25, 2021 as application 17/157,315 · Granted Mar 14, 2023
Base term plus 112 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Jul 18, 2016
Jul 18, 2016
Ends no later than
Nov 7, 2036
Nov 7, 2036
Granted
Mar 14, 2023
Mar 14, 2023
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
112
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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 112 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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, 2016, when application PCT/US2016/042860, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 25, 2021) | Jul 18, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +112 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 7, 2036 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Nov 7, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2016/042860 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,919,090 | In force Jun 2037 | Jun 2037 |
| US 11,602,792 | this patent no later than Nov 2036 | no later than Nov 2036 |
| US 12,226,956 | In force no later than Jul 2036 | no later than Jul 2036 |
| Application 19/027,194 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2021 Reel 56116, frame 293 | Feldmann, Martin C.; Hart, Anastasios John; Svenson, Knute; Vyatskikh, Andrey | Vulcanforms Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 31, 2025 Reel 70076, frame 270 | Vulcanforms Inc.; Arwood Machine Corporation | Hercules Capital, Inc. | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Nov 2036
Term ends no later than Nov 7, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 112 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Nov 7, 2036. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.