Term ends Nov 5, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 9, 2034
Held by LSI Solutions, Inc.
Filed Sep 14, 2018 as application 16/132,217 · Granted Nov 17, 2020
Base term plus 210 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Apr 9, 2014
Apr 9, 2014
Term ends
Nov 5, 2034
Nov 5, 2034
Granted
Nov 17, 2020
Nov 17, 2020
base term
patent term adjustment
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
210
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
3
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 runs 210 days past its 20-year base term on 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 9, 2014, when application 14/248,798, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 14, 2018) | Apr 9, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +210 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 5, 2034 | 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 | Nov 5, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,105,126 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2015/025198 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,835,220 | this patent Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
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 11, 2018 Reel 47733, frame 433 | Sauer, MD, Jude S. | LSI Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2034
Term ends Nov 5, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 210 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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.