Lapsed Apr 20, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 7, 2038
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
Filed Jan 17, 2020 as application 16/745,665 · Granted Apr 20, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Apr 20, 2025
2018
2038
Clock starts
Jun 7, 2018
Jun 7, 2018
No longer in force
Apr 20, 2025
Apr 20, 2025
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Apr 20, 2021
Term would have run to
Jun 7, 2038
Jun 7, 2038
base term
after the term ends
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.
0 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
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jun 7, 2038: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jun 7, 2018, when application 16/003,081, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 17, 2020) | Jun 7, 2038 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Apr 20, 2025 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 20, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,511,730 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| US 11,032,437 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| US 10,834,273 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 10,986,239 | this patent Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
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 17, 2020 Reel 51544, frame 815 | Sahagun, Allan | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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