Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 8, 2020 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Feb 3, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 1, 2035
Held by Ecoatm, LLC
Filed Aug 29, 2019 as application 16/556,018 · Granted Oct 17, 2023
Base term plus 491 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2037
Clock starts
Oct 1, 2015
Oct 1, 2015
Term ends
Feb 3, 2037
Feb 3, 2037
Granted
Oct 17, 2023
Oct 17, 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
491
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,438,174, to Feb 3, 2037. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 491 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Oct 1, 2015, when application 14/873,145, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 29, 2019) | Oct 1, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +491 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 3, 2037 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,438,174) | resolves to Feb 3, 2037, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Feb 3, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,438,174 | In force Jul 2037 | Jul 2037 |
| US 9,911,102 | In force Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
| US 11,790,327 | this patent Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| Application 18/324,921 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,755,254 | In force Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
| US 12,725,131 | In force Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
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 29, 2019 Reel 50217, frame 337 | Bowles, Mark Vincent; Erman, Randal; Hammes, Jarrod; Ploetner, Jeffrey; Silva, John; Segil, Rick | Ecoatm, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 29, 2019 Reel 51179, frame 231 | Ecoatm, Inc. | Ecoatm, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jan 8, 2020 Reel 51504, frame 383 | Ecoatm, LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2037
Term ends Feb 3, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 491 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,438,174, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
34
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. 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.