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US 11,621,546 In force
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Term ends Nov 11, 2039 · High confidence

Filed May 19, 2021 as application 17/324,599 · Granted Apr 4, 2023
Base term plus 114 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
Jul 20, 2019
Term ends
Nov 11, 2039
Granted
Apr 4, 2023
base term patent term adjustment 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
114
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.
9
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 114 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 20, 2019, when application 16/517,553, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 19, 2021)Jul 20, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+114 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 11, 2039High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 11, 2039High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 26, 2022
Reel 58782, frame 166
Emigh, Aaron T.; Stanek, StevenBrilliant Home Technology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 1, 2022
Reel 60068, frame 319
Brilliant Home Technology, Inc.Eastward Fund Management, LLCSecurity Interest
Feb 14, 2025
Reel 70225, frame 98
Brilliant Home Technology, Inc.Brilliant Liquidation, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 14, 2025
Reel 70225, frame 396
Brilliant Liquidation, LLCBrilliant Nextgen Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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