Term ends Feb 27, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 27, 2030
Held by Jenam Tech, LLC
Filed Sep 3, 2017 as application 15/694,802 · Granted Mar 20, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Feb 27, 2010
Feb 27, 2010
Term ends
Feb 27, 2030
Feb 27, 2030
Granted
Mar 20, 2018
Mar 20, 2018
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,219,606, to Feb 27, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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.
25
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. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. 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 Feb 27, 2010, when application 12/714,454, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 3, 2017) | Feb 27, 2030 | 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 8,219,606) | resolves to Feb 27, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 27, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,219,606 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2016 | Jul 2016 |
| US 8,577,958 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2017 | Nov 2017 |
| US 8,745,418 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2018 | Jun 2018 |
| Application 13/477,402 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 13/941,502 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/294,059 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/667,642 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,923,996 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
8 of 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2019 Reel 48681, frame 516 | Morris, Robert Paul | Sitting Man, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 23, 2019 Reel 48681, frame 529 | Sitting Man, LLC | Jenam Tech, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2030
Term ends Feb 27, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,219,606, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
13
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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.