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US 11,210,178 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Dec 28, 2025 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Named at grant Buurst, Inc. · find this owner
Filed Mar 10, 2020 as application 16/814,916 · Granted Dec 28, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Dec 28, 2025
2016 2036
Clock starts
Oct 21, 2016
No longer in force
Dec 28, 2025
Granted
Dec 28, 2021
Term would have run to
Oct 21, 2036
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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 Oct 21, 2016, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Mar 10, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Oct 21, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNo term adjustment record on a grant after 2005, so none is addedno changeMedium confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Dec 28, 2025High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 28, 2025From the USPTO record

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