Term ends Aug 8, 2034 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 8, 2034
Reissue of US 9,844,921, which was surrendered when this reissue was granted; its term and maintenance fees continue here.
Held by Telebrands Corp.
Filed Jan 28, 2019 as application 16/259,233 · Granted Apr 7, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Aug 8, 2014
Aug 8, 2014
Term ends
Aug 8, 2034
Aug 8, 2034
Granted
Apr 7, 2020
Apr 7, 2020
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 the original patent's grant (Dec 19, 2017). 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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 Aug 8, 2014, when application 14/455,461, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 28, 2019) | Aug 8, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A reissue: its term follows the original patent's, with the original's term adjustment | follows the original patent | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | No term adjustment record on a grant after 2005, so none is added | no change | Medium 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 | Aug 8, 2034 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 8,936,046 | In force Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
| US 9,182,057 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 9,127,791 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 |
| US 9,982,808 | In force Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
| US 9,844,921 | Surrendered on reissue Apr 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| US RE47,927 | this patent Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
6 of 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 2019 Reel 51356, frame 613 | Ragner, Gary Dean | Ragner Technology Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 27, 2023 Reel 65040, frame 754 | Ragner Technology Corp. | Telebrands Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2034
Term ends Aug 8, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2020 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.