Term ends Mar 11, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 6, 2026
Held by Lumus Ltd.
Filed Mar 19, 2020 as application 16/823,454 · Granted Nov 30, 2021
Base term plus 125 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Nov 6, 2006
Nov 6, 2006
Term ends
Mar 11, 2027
Mar 11, 2027
Granted
Nov 30, 2021
Nov 30, 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
125
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 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
8
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 125 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 1 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 Nov 6, 2006, when application PCT/IL2006/001278, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 19, 2020) | Nov 6, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +125 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 11, 2027 | 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 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 11, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,551,880 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 10,261,321 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 10,048,499 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 10,598,937 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 11,187,905 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 11,719,938 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| Application 18/205,544 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
7 of 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2020 Reel 52162, frame 977 | Amitai, Yaakov | Lumus Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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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
Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 11, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 125 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
47
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.