Term ends Jan 11, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 11, 2039
Held by Circ, Inc.
Filed Jan 11, 2019 as application 16/246,044 · Granted Dec 10, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Jan 11, 2019
Jan 11, 2019
Term ends
Jan 11, 2039
Jan 11, 2039
Granted
Dec 10, 2019
Dec 10, 2019
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.
1 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.
6
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Jan 11, 2019, when this application, 16/246,044, was filed | Jan 11, 2039 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 11, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,501,599 | this patent Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 11,180,629 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 11,370,895 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 12,006,403 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 12,655,268 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| Application 19/706,025 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2019 Reel 47984, frame 32 | Barla, Florin G.; Showalter, Todd; Su, Hsun-cheng; Jones, Jeremy; Bobe, Iulian | Tyton Biosciences, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 14, 2020 Reel 54749, frame 183 | Tyton Biosciences, LLC | Circ, LLC | Change of Name |
| Nov 3, 2022 Reel 61877, frame 759 | Circ, LLC | Circ, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2039
Term ends Jan 11, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2019 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.