Term ends Dec 29, 2038 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 12, 2038
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Dcbel Inc.
Filed Jun 15, 2020 as application 16/901,445 · Granted Mar 15, 2022
Base term plus 78 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Oct 12, 2018
Oct 12, 2018
Term ends
Dec 29, 2038
Dec 29, 2038
Granted
Mar 15, 2022
Mar 15, 2022
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
78
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.
6
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 78 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Oct 12, 2018, when application PCT/CA2018/051291, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 15, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 12, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +78 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 29, 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 | Dec 29, 2038 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,759,287 | In force Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
| US 11,273,718 | this patent Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 12,012,007 | In force Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
| US 12,115,870 | In force Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
| Application 18/897,482 | Pending not computed | not computed |
5 of 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2020 Reel 53139, frame 513 | Vahedi, Hani; Ibrahim, Peter; Forget, Marc-André | Ossiaco Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 2, 2021 Reel 56757, frame 480 | Ossiaco Inc. | Dcbel Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2038
Term ends Dec 29, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 78 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 2022 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.