Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 12, 2022 (Golub Capital Markets LLC).
Term ends no later than May 14, 2035 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 14, 2035
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.
Held by Excelitas Technologies Corp.
Filed Aug 9, 2016 as application 15/232,161 · Granted Mar 20, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
May 14, 2015
May 14, 2015
Ends no later than
May 14, 2035
May 14, 2035
Granted
Mar 20, 2018
Mar 20, 2018
base term
fee events
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
7
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. 2 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 14, 2015, when application 14/712,196, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 9, 2016) | May 14, 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 on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than May 14, 2035 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,748,086 | In force no later than May 2035 | no later than May 2035 |
| US 9,741,553 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 9,922,814 | this patent no later than May 2035 | no later than May 2035 |
| US 10,186,416 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 10,186,414 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2017/058216 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,504,714 | In force May 2035 | May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2016 Reel 39384, frame 758 | Blondia, Rudi | Excelitas Technologies Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 5, 2017 Reel 44695, frame 525 | Excelitas Technologies Corp. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | First Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Dec 5, 2017 Reel 44695, frame 780 | Excelitas Technologies Corp. | Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Aug 12, 2022 Reel 61161, frame 607 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Excelitas Technologies Corp. | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Aug 12, 2022 Reel 61161, frame 685 | Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral Agent | Excelitas Technologies Corp. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Aug 12, 2022 Reel 61164, frame 582 | Excelitas Technologies Corp. | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
May 2035
Term ends no later than May 14, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than May 14, 2035. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
14
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.