Term ends Jan 16, 2035 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 16, 2035
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Plas-Tech Engineering, LLC
Filed Jan 2, 2024 as application 18/402,164 · Granted Oct 22, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Jan 16, 2015
Jan 16, 2015
Term ends
Jan 16, 2035
Jan 16, 2035
Granted
Oct 22, 2024
Oct 22, 2024
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
8
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. 0 of 2 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 16, 2015, when application 14/599,202, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 2, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jan 16, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 16, 2035 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,333,289 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2015/064707 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,342,914 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 11,357,908 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| US 11,541,164 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| US 11,857,754 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| US 12,121,694 | this patent Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| US 12,629,469 | In force Feb 2035 | Feb 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2024 Reel 68056, frame 115 | Hirschmann, Aaron; Hacker, Robert; Fesus, Robert; Grimes, Christopher J.; Talbot Aiken, Hannah M. | Plas-Tech Engineering, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 4, 2024 Reel 68801, frame 643 | Plas-Tech Engineering, Inc. | Equinox Medical, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 27, 2025 Reel 72685, frame 543 | Equinox Medical, LLC | Aaron and Betheny Hirschmann Revocable Trust | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 28, 2025 Reel 73386, frame 630 | Aaron and Betheny Hirschmann Revocable Trust | Avalon Holdco Inc. | Assignment |
| Oct 29, 2025 Reel 72710, frame 497 | Avalon Holdco Inc. | Plas-Tech Engineering, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2035
Term ends Jan 16, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
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