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US 11,417,247 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Aug 16, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by The Quantum Group, Inc. and Guillama, Noel J
Filed May 26, 2020 as application 16/883,042 · Granted Aug 16, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 50 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 16, 2026
2018 2038
Clock starts
Oct 19, 2018
No longer in force
Aug 16, 2026
Granted
Aug 16, 2022
Term would have run to
Dec 8, 2038
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
50
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.
4
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Dec 8, 2038: its 20-year base term plus 50 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 19, 2018, when application 16/165,823, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 26, 2020)Oct 19, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+50 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 8, 2038High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Aug 16, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 16, 2026High confidence

This family

US 11,417,246Lapsed on the fee record
Aug 2026
Aug 2026
US 11,417,247this patent
Aug 2026
Aug 2026
US 11,942,002In force
Oct 2038
Oct 2038
Application 18/590,699Abandoned
not computed
not computed
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 28, 2020
Reel 52778, frame 78
Guillama, Noel J; Heath, Chester A.The Quantum Group, Inc.; Guillama, Noel JAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 28, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Guillama, Noel J; Heath, Chester A.The Quantum Group, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 28, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Guillama, Noel J; Heath, Chester A.Guillama, Noel JAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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