Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 11, 2026 (Macquarie Equipment Capital Inc.).
Term ends Apr 15, 2035 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 15, 2035
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 11,665,270), so the cap could be lower.
Held by GL IP Protect LLC
Filed Apr 18, 2023 as application 18/302,029 · Granted May 20, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Apr 15, 2015
Apr 15, 2015
Term ends
Apr 15, 2035
Apr 15, 2035
Granted
May 20, 2025
May 20, 2025
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,057,396, US 10,728,374, US 11,134,144, US 11,665,270, to Apr 15, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
9
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 resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Apr 15, 2015, when application PCT/EP2015/058178, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 18, 2023) | Apr 15, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,057,396, US 10,728,374, US 11,134,144, US 11,665,270) | resolves to Apr 15, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium 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 | Apr 15, 2035 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,057,396 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| US 10,728,374 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| US 10,645,208 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| US 11,134,144 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| US 11,665,270 | In force no later than Apr 2035 | no later than Apr 2035 |
| US 12,309,307 | this patent Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| Application 19/184,472 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/298,059 | Pending not computed | not computed |
8 of 9 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2023 Reel 63809, frame 309 | Karkkainen, Tuomas; Kalevo, Ossi | Gurulogic Microsystems Oy | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 31, 2023 Reel 63809, frame 449 | Gurulogic Microsystems Oy | Salmela-Invest Oy | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 19, 2025 Reel 71157, frame 963 | Salmela-Invest Oy | GL IP Protect LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 21, 2025 Reel 71177, frame 172 | GL IP Protect LLC | Sauvegarder Investment Management, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Sep 11, 2026 Reel 76482, frame 384 | Qord IP Protection LLC; Capricode IP Protection LLC; VDT IP Protection LLC; Nixu FL IP Protection LLC; NTSK IP Protection LLC; Sim IP HXR LLC; Friendship IP Protection LLC; GL IP Protect LLC; Powerbridge IP Protection LLC; Sforce IP Protection LLC | Macquarie Equipment Capital Inc. | Security Interest |
| Nov 4, 2026 Reel 76631, frame 755 | Sauvegarder Investment Management, Inc. | GL IP Protect LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2035
Term ends Apr 15, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,057,396, US 10,728,374, US 11,134,144, US 11,665,270, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
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