Term ends Oct 30, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 30, 2040
Held by Digital Global Systems, Inc.
Filed Aug 30, 2021 as application 17/461,267 · Granted Sep 13, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Oct 30, 2020
Oct 30, 2020
Term ends
Oct 30, 2040
Oct 30, 2040
Granted
Sep 13, 2022
Sep 13, 2022
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,190,946, US 11,259,189, US 11,272,372, US 11,277,750, US 11,277,751, US 11,284,267, US 11,490,262, to Oct 30, 2040. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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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.
253
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 is its 20-year base term, with no 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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. 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 30, 2020, when application 17/085,635, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 30, 2021) | Oct 30, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,190,946, US 11,259,189, US 11,272,372, US 11,277,750, US 11,277,751, US 11,284,267, US 11,490,262) | resolves to Oct 30, 2040, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Oct 30, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,395,149 | In force Jan 2041 | Jan 2041 |
| Application PCT/US2021/027911 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,190,946 | In force Oct 2040 | Oct 2040 |
| US 11,272,372 | In force Oct 2040 | Oct 2040 |
| US 11,445,378 | this patent Oct 2040 | Oct 2040 |
| US 11,259,189 | In force Oct 2040 | Oct 2040 |
| US 11,490,262 | In force Oct 2040 | Oct 2040 |
| US 11,277,750 | In force Oct 2040 | Oct 2040 |
8 of 253 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2021 Reel 57343, frame 466 | Montalvo, Armando; Inman, Dwight; Hummel, Edward | Digital Global Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Oct 2040
Term ends Oct 30, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,190,946, US 11,259,189, US 11,272,372, US 11,277,750, US 11,277,751, US 11,284,267, US 11,490,262, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
251
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% 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.