Term ends Oct 3, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 22, 2038
Held by Thyssenkrupp Presta AG and Thyssenkrupp AG
Filed Jul 9, 2018 as application 16/068,734 · Granted Aug 17, 2021
Base term plus 254 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Jan 22, 2018
Jan 22, 2018
Term ends
Oct 3, 2038
Oct 3, 2038
Granted
Aug 17, 2021
Aug 17, 2021
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
254
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 254 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 22, 2018, when application PCT/EP2018/051428, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 9, 2018) | Jan 22, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +254 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 3, 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 | Oct 3, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,091,188 | this patent Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
| US 10,654,509 | In force Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
2 of 3 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 22, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Huber, Sebastian; Specht, Jean-pierre | Thyssenkrupp Presta AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 22, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Huber, Sebastian; Specht, Jean-pierre | Thyssenkrupp AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 22, 2018 Reel 46666, frame 826 | Specht, Jean-pierre; Huber, Sebastian | Thyssenkrupp Presta AG; Thyssenkrupp AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 7, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Huber, Sebastian; Specht, Jean-pierre | Thyssenkrupp Presta AG | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Country of Thyssenkrupp Presta Ag to Eschen, Liechtenstein Previously Recorded on Reel 046666 Frame 0826. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Apr 7, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Huber, Sebastian; Specht, Jean-pierre | Thyssenkrupp AG | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Country of Thyssenkrupp Presta Ag to Eschen, Liechtenstein Previously Recorded on Reel 046666 Frame 0826. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Apr 7, 2020 Reel 52329, frame 212 | Specht, Jean-pierre; Huber, Sebastian | Thyssenkrupp Presta AG; Thyssenkrupp AG | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Country of Thyssenkrupp Presta Ag to Eschen, Liechtenstein Previously Recorded on Reel 046666 Frame 0826. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2038
Term ends Oct 3, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 254 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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.