Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 29, 2023 (Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company).
Term ends Oct 28, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 20, 2037
Held by Ulab Systems, Inc.
Filed Feb 16, 2021 as application 17/176,835 · Granted Jul 25, 2023
Base term plus 38 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Sep 20, 2017
Sep 20, 2017
Term ends
Oct 28, 2037
Oct 28, 2037
Granted
Jul 25, 2023
Jul 25, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
38
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
6
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 38 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Sep 20, 2017, when application 15/710,469, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 16, 2021) | Sep 20, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +38 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 28, 2037 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 28, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,357,342 | In force Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| US 10,588,723 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| US 10,925,698 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| US 11,707,180 | this patent Oct 2037 | Oct 2037 |
| US 12,193,635 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| Application 18/970,573 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2021 Reel 55275, frame 179 | Falkel, Michael I. | Ulab Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 29, 2023 Reel 65386, frame 799 | Ulab Systems, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2037
Term ends Oct 28, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 38 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
24
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.