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US 11,258,638 Lapsed on the fee record

Lapsed Feb 22, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Aug 22, 2020 as application 17/000,277 · Granted Feb 22, 2022

Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 48 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer

Today

Lapsed Feb 22, 2026

2020 2040

Clock starts
Aug 22, 2020

No longer in force
Feb 22, 2026

Granted
Feb 22, 2022

Term would have run to
Aug 18, 2034

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

Days of term adjustment

Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.

Capped

Terminal disclaimer

Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,091,534, US 10,104,402, US 10,142,662, US 10,602,195, US 10,602,196, US 10,659,821, US 10,848,789, US 10,999,895, US 9,332,304, US 9,344,757, US 9,357,254, US 9,654,826, US 9,654,827, US 9,712,872, US 9,800,932, US 9,832,490.

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 filing	Clock starts Aug 22, 2020, when this application, 17/000,277, was filed	Aug 22, 2040	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+48 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Oct 9, 2040	High confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,091,534, US 10,104,402, US 10,142,662, US 10,602,195, US 10,602,196, US 10,659,821, US 10,848,789, US 10,999,895, US 9,332,304, US 9,344,757, US 9,357,254, US 9,654,826, US 9,654,827, US 9,712,872, US 9,800,932, US 9,832,490)	capped to Aug 18, 2034	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	0 of 3 maintenance fees paid	lapsed Feb 22, 2026	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Feb 22, 2026	High confidence

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.

Not on this page: the patent's family, its recorded assignments and its citation count. USPTO's assignment records, linked above, list every recorded assignment.

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.

Gateway Device and System and Method for Use of Same

Lapsed Feb 22, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

20-year base term ends Aug 22, 2040

How we calculated this date

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