Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 24, 2021 (Regions Bank).
Term ends Jul 7, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 7, 2035
Held by The Quantum Group, Inc.
Filed Jul 7, 2015 as application 14/793,438 · Granted Sep 12, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Jul 7, 2015
Jul 7, 2015
Term ends
Jul 7, 2035
Jul 7, 2035
Granted
Sep 12, 2017
Sep 12, 2017
base term
fee events
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 7, 2015, when this application, 14/793,438, was filed | Jul 7, 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 7, 2035 | High confidence |
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 3, 2017 Reel 42227, frame 287 | Quantum Materials, LLC | Regions Bank, As Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 13, 2017 Reel 42695, frame 14 | Musho, Edward John; Acevedo, John; Perilla, Andrea Nieto | Adidas AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 1, 2017 Reel 43153, frame 588 | Bruner, Jeffrey William; Davis, Joseph Michael; Whittle, Leslie Allison | The Quantum Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 1, 2017 Reel 43153, frame 823 | Adidas AG | Quantum Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 24, 2021 Reel 55709, frame 440 | Quantum Materials, LLC | Regions Bank | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in U.S. Patent |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2035
Term ends Jul 7, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
19
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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