Term ends Nov 15, 2039 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Texopco, LLC

Filed Mar 28, 2022 as application 17/705,866 · Granted May 2, 2023

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Nov 15, 2039

2019 2039

Clock starts
Nov 15, 2019

Term ends
Nov 15, 2039

Granted
May 2, 2023

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.

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.

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. 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.

Step	Input	Date after this step	Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filing	Clock starts Nov 15, 2019, when application 16/685,617, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 28, 2022)	Nov 15, 2039	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	0 of 3 maintenance fees paid	In force	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Nov 15, 2039	High confidence

This family

US 11,311,820	In force Dec 2039	Dec 2039
US 11,571,637	In force Nov 2039	Nov 2039
US 11,638,886	this patent Nov 2039	Nov 2039
US 11,918,935	In force Nov 2039	Nov 2039
US 12,337,261	In force Nov 2039	Nov 2039

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
Apr 11, 2023 Reel 63288, frame 293	Magna Imperio Systems Corp.	Mis IP Holdings, LLC	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 31, 2023 Reel 65408, frame 340	Mis IP Holdings, LLC	Acp Post Oak Credit I LLC	Security Interest
Aug 27, 2024 Reel 68411, frame 863	Magna Imperio Systems Corporation	Texopco LLC	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 31, 2025 Reel 70072, frame 150	Mis IP Holdings, LLC	Texopco, LLC	Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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What's changing

Nov 2039

Term ends Nov 15, 2039.

Citations

later US patents cite this one

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