Term ends Feb 3, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 3, 2037
Held by Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
Filed Aug 3, 2018 as application 16/075,147 · Granted Apr 14, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Feb 3, 2017
Feb 3, 2017
Term ends
Feb 3, 2037
Feb 3, 2037
Granted
Apr 14, 2020
Apr 14, 2020
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.
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.
4
Family applications on record here
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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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 3, 2017, when application PCT/JP2017/004025, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 3, 2018) | Feb 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 | Feb 3, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,618,318 | this patent Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| Application 16/819,183 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 17/534,426 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
3 of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2018 Reel 47306, frame 524 | Ohnishi, Masaru | Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 8, 2018 Reel 47097, frame 517 | Ohnishi, Masaru | Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Feb 2037
Term ends Feb 3, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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