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Apparatus for Illuminating Outdoor Bag Toss Game

US 11,959,628 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends no later than Nov 14, 2036 · Medium confidence

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.

Filed Feb 22, 2023 as application 18/172,793 · Granted Apr 16, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Nov 14, 2016
Ends no later than
Nov 14, 2036
Granted
Apr 16, 2024
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 14, 2016, when application 15/351,183, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 22, 2023)Nov 14, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Nov 14, 2036Medium confidence

This family

US 10,401,020In force
Feb 2037
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US 11,371,693In force
Nov 2036
Nov 2036
US 11,460,186In force
Nov 2036
Nov 2036
US 11,635,201In force
Nov 2036
Nov 2036
US 11,959,628this patent
no later than Nov 2036
no later than Nov 2036
US 12,498,114In force
Nov 2036
Nov 2036
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 22, 2023
Reel 62772, frame 173
Finch, Ronald; Sauppe, MichaelBrightz, Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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