Term ends Mar 25, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 25, 2036
Why Medium: No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds.
Held by TS Tech Co., Ltd.
Filed Jul 16, 2020 as application 16/930,733 · Granted Oct 11, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Mar 25, 2016
Mar 25, 2016
Term ends
Mar 25, 2036
Mar 25, 2036
Granted
Oct 11, 2022
Oct 11, 2022
base term
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
Not on record
Maintenance fees
USPTO's record of this patent carries no fee events. A gap in the record, not evidence of lapse.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. USPTO's record of this patent carries no fee events, so no fee is counted as paid or unpaid. Confidence: Medium. from the record
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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 Mar 25, 2016, when application PCT/JP2016/059638, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 16, 2020) | Mar 25, 2036 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | No fee events in USPTO's record of this patent. A gap in the record, not evidence of lapse | In force | Medium confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 25, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,486,571 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| Application 16/693,468 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,465,540 | this patent Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| Application 17/960,859 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,240,366 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| Application 19/026,811 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
6 of 7 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
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What's changing
Mar 2036
Term ends Mar 25, 2036.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
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