Term ends Sep 3, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 16, 2031
Held by Highcon Systems Ltd.
Filed Jul 14, 2014 as application 14/330,823 · Granted Sep 20, 2022
Base term plus 1206 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2034
Clock starts
May 16, 2011
May 16, 2011
Term ends
Sep 3, 2034
Sep 3, 2034
Granted
Sep 20, 2022
Sep 20, 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
1,206
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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.
This patent's term runs 1206 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 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 May 16, 2011, when application 13/108,450, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 14, 2014) | May 16, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1206 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 3, 2034 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 3, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,777,828 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 11,447,631 | this patent Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| US 12,202,972 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| Application 18/974,858 | Pending 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 2015 Reel 34748, frame 264 | Zimmer, Michael; Idan, David; Ratzman, Aviv; Dahan, Lior; Spiryagin, Konstantin | Highcon Systems Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 9, 2017 Reel 42214, frame 294 | Highcon Systems Ltd. | Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M. | Security Interest |
| Oct 24, 2017 Reel 44279, frame 943 | Highcon Systems Ltd. | Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M. | Addendum to IP Security Interest; Reel/Frame: 0442214/0294 |
| Jan 12, 2020 Reel 51567, frame 984 | Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M. | Highcon Systems Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2024 Reel 68328, frame 972 | Zimmer, Michael; Ratzman, Aviv; Idan, David; Dahan, Lior; Spiryagin, Konstantin | Highcon Systems Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2034
Term ends Sep 3, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1206 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.