Term ends Jan 1, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 23, 2038
Held by NEXA3D Inc.
Filed Apr 23, 2020 as application 16/758,716 · Granted Nov 7, 2023
Base term plus 435 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2040
Clock starts
Oct 23, 2018
Oct 23, 2018
Term ends
Jan 1, 2040
Jan 1, 2040
Granted
Nov 7, 2023
Nov 7, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
435
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.
2
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 435 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 Oct 23, 2018, when application PCT/US2018/057084, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 23, 2020) | Oct 23, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +435 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 1, 2040 | 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 | Jan 1, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2018/057084 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,806,256 | this patent Jan 2040 | Jan 2040 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2020 Reel 54198, frame 663 | Essentium, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| May 6, 2022 Reel 59842, frame 19 | Harmon, Garrett; Hazel, Shannon; Sweeney, Charles Brandon; Teipel, Blake | Trifusion Devices Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 27, 2022 Reel 60445, frame 808 | Essentium, Inc.; Essentium Ipholdco, LLC; Essentium Ipco, LLC | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as the Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 18, 2022 Reel 60682, frame 613 | Silicon Valley Bank | Essentium, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 16, 2022 Reel 61950, frame 803 | Essentium, Inc. | Essentium Ipco, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 17, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Essentium, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 17, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Essentium Ipholdco, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 17, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Essentium Ipco, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 17, 2024 Reel 66339, frame 185 | Essentium Ipco, LLC. | NEXA3D Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 17, 2024 Reel 66339, frame 87 | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Essentium, Inc.; Essentium Ipholdco, LLC; Essentium Ipco, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 15, 2024 Reel 69381, frame 694 | NEXA3D Inc.; NXT Factory Inc.; NEXA3D APS | U.S. Bank Trust Company | Security Interest |
| Jun 10, 2025 Reel 71534, frame 581 | U.S. Bank Trust Company | NEXA3D Inc.; NXT Factory Inc.; NEXA3D APS | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 10, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank Trust Company | NEXA3D Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 10, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank Trust Company | NXT Factory Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 10, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank Trust Company | NEXA3D APS | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2040
Term ends Jan 1, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 435 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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