Term ends Mar 10, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 10, 2031
Held by Nicoventures Trading Limited
Filed Jan 5, 2017 as application 15/399,121 · Granted Jul 7, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Mar 10, 2011
Mar 10, 2011
Term ends
Mar 10, 2031
Mar 10, 2031
Granted
Jul 7, 2020
Jul 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.
1 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.
5
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 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 10, 2011, when applications PCT/AT2010/000122 and PCT/AT2011/000122, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Jan 5, 2017) | Mar 10, 2031 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 10, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,554,595 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 10,701,969 | this patent Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 12,465,703 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
3 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2017 Reel 41838, frame 850 | Buchberger, Helmut | Batmark Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 17, 2021 Reel 55300, frame 179 | Batmark Limited | Nicoventures Trading Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Mar 2031
Term ends Mar 10, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
41
later US patents cite this one
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