Lapsed Aug 23, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 24, 2034
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Mar 13, 2020 as application 16/818,630 · Granted Aug 23, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 27 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 23, 2026
2014
2034
Clock starts
Oct 24, 2014
Oct 24, 2014
No longer in force
Aug 23, 2026
Aug 23, 2026
Granted
Aug 23, 2022
Aug 23, 2022
Term would have run to
Nov 20, 2034
Nov 20, 2034
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
27
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,163,047, to Nov 20, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
12
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 Nov 20, 2034: its 20-year base term plus 27 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Oct 24, 2014, when application PCT/EP2014/002886, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 13, 2020) | Oct 24, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +27 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 20, 2034 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,163,047) | resolves to Nov 20, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 23, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 23, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,163,047 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| US 10,817,763 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 10,783,415 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 10,783,414 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 10,860,906 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 10,762,403 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 11,423,271 | this patent Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 12,020,096 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
8 of 12 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 13, 2020 Reel 52112, frame 1 | Bannert, Stefan; Kaufmann, Peter; Perlitz, Lucas; Tarantino, Thomas; Griesmeier, Robert; Mosthof, Tatjana; Regensburger, Cordula | Giesecke & Devrient GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 13, 2020 Reel 52112, frame 185 | Giesecke & Devrient GmbH | Gieseck+devrient Mobile Security GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 13, 2022 Reel 60649, frame 207 | Giesecke & Devrient GmbH | Giesecke+devrient Mobile Security GmbH | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Name of Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 052112 Frame 0185. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
The 27 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,163,047, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below 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.