Term ends Jul 14, 2038 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 11, 2038
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Enk Wireless, Inc.
Filed Jul 27, 2021 as application 17/443,710 · Granted May 9, 2023
Base term plus 184 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Jan 11, 2018
Jan 11, 2018
Term ends
Jul 14, 2038
Jul 14, 2038
Granted
May 9, 2023
May 9, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
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
184
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
34
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 184 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jan 11, 2018, when application 15/868,281, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 27, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jan 11, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +184 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 14, 2038 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 14, 2038 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,334,515 | In force Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| US 10,595,267 | In force Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| US 10,856,215 | In force Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| US 11,343,759 | In force Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| US 11,601,872 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| US 11,606,742 | In force Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 11,647,451 | this patent Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 11,617,131 | In force no later than Jan 2038 | no later than Jan 2038 |
8 of 34 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2024 Reel 67440, frame 283 | Karabinis, Dimitrios | Enk Wireless, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 16, 2025 Reel 71991, frame 640 | Karabinis, Peter D. | Enk Wireless, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2038
Term ends Jul 14, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 184 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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.