Term ends Sep 21, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 10, 2033
Held by ScentAir Technologies, LLC
Filed Jan 13, 2020 as application 16/741,359 · Granted Oct 4, 2022
Base term plus 73 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Jul 10, 2013
Jul 10, 2013
Term ends
Sep 21, 2033
Sep 21, 2033
Granted
Oct 4, 2022
Oct 4, 2022
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
73
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 9,460,404, to Sep 21, 2033. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
7
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 73 days past its 20-year base term on 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 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 Jul 10, 2013, when application 13/939,165, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 13, 2020) | Jul 10, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +73 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 21, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,460,404) | resolves to Sep 21, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 21, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,460,404 | In force Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
| US 10,775,759 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| US 9,927,789 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| US 10,534,339 | In force (reinstated) Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| US 11,460,821 | this patent Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 11,726,442 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 12,449,780 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2026 Reel 73710, frame 984 | Scentair Technologies, LLC | Glas Agency (Hong Kong) Limited | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2033
Term ends Sep 21, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 73 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 9,460,404, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites 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
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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.