Term ends Apr 3, 2037 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Fict Limited

Filed Apr 3, 2017 as application 15/477,589 · Granted Feb 25, 2020

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Apr 3, 2037

2017 2037

Clock starts
Apr 3, 2017

Term ends
Apr 3, 2037

Granted
Feb 25, 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.

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.

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 Apr 3, 2017, when this application, 15/477,589, was filed	Apr 3, 2037	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	Apr 3, 2037	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
Apr 3, 2017 reel/frame not recorded	Akaguma, Takashi; Yasuhara, Takafumi; Yamagishi, Satoshi; Hasegawa, Satoru; Yasuta, Kazumasa; Motooka, Naohito; Muroga, Shinya	Fujitsu Ten Limited	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 3, 2017 reel/frame not recorded	Akaguma, Takashi; Yasuhara, Takafumi; Yamagishi, Satoshi; Hasegawa, Satoru; Yasuta, Kazumasa; Motooka, Naohito; Muroga, Shinya	Fujitsu Limited	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 3, 2017 Reel 41829, frame 839	Akaguma, Takashi; Yasuhara, Takafumi; Motooka, Naohito; Hasegawa, Satoru; Yamagishi, Satoshi; Muroga, Shinya; Yasuta, Kazumasa	Fujitsu Ten Limited; Fujitsu Limited	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 21, 2020 Reel 53560, frame 378	Fujitsu Limited	Fujitsu Interconnect Technologies Limited	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 26, 2026 Reel 74997, frame 854	Fujitsu Interconnect Technologies Limited	Fict Limited	Change of Name

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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What's changing

Apr 2037

Term ends Apr 3, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then

Citations

later US patent cites 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

Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. 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.

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