Term ends May 14, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 19, 2038
Held by Doftek Pty Ltd.
Filed Jul 16, 2019 as application 16/478,394 · Granted Apr 27, 2021
Base term plus 115 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Jan 19, 2018
Jan 19, 2018
Term ends
May 14, 2038
May 14, 2038
Granted
Apr 27, 2021
Apr 27, 2021
base term
patent term adjustment
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
115
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.
10
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 115 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 Jan 19, 2018, when application PCT/IB2018/000352, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 16, 2019) | Jan 19, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +115 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 14, 2038 | 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 | May 14, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,988,177 | this patent May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 11,588,657 | In force Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| US 11,565,752 | In force Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| Application PCT/US2022/012239 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,888,632 | In force Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| US 12,084,110 | In force Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| US 12,206,515 | In force Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| US 12,789,894 | In force Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2019 Reel 49893, frame 991 | Rogers, Geoffrey William | Champagne Donuts Pty Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 18, 2021 Reel 55326, frame 312 | Champagne Donuts Pty Ltd. | Doftek Pty Ltd. | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
May 2038
Term ends May 14, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 115 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2021 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.