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US 11,463,678 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Oct 4, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed May 29, 2020 as application 16/888,008 · Granted Oct 4, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 42 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Oct 4, 2026
2015 2035
Clock starts
Apr 1, 2015
No longer in force
Oct 4, 2026
Granted
Oct 4, 2022
Term would have run to
May 13, 2035
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
42
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.
2
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 May 13, 2035: its 20-year base term plus 42 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 1, 2015, when application 14/675,920, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 29, 2020)Apr 1, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+42 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 13, 2035High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Oct 4, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 4, 2026High confidence

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US 10,728,528In force
Apr 2035
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US 11,463,678this patent
Oct 2026
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