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Computer systems and methods for automatic contractor certification

US 11,151,637 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Oct 19, 2025 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Named at grant Service Trading Company, Inc. · find this owner
Filed Dec 23, 2019 as application 16/725,878 · Granted Oct 19, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 9 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Oct 19, 2025
2017 2037
Clock starts
Aug 11, 2017
No longer in force
Oct 19, 2025
Granted
Oct 19, 2021
Term would have run to
Aug 20, 2037
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
9
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.

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 filingClock starts Aug 11, 2017, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Dec 23, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Aug 11, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+9 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 20, 2037High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Oct 19, 2025High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 19, 2025From the USPTO record

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