Term ends Apr 13, 2039 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 13, 2038
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Howso Incorporated
Filed Sep 30, 2020 as application 17/038,955 · Granted Jun 13, 2023
Base term plus 121 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2039
Clock starts
Dec 13, 2018
Dec 13, 2018
Term ends
Apr 13, 2039
Apr 13, 2039
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
Jun 13, 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
121
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.
15
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 121 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 Dec 13, 2018, when application 16/219,476, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 30, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 13, 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 | +121 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 13, 2039 | 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 | Apr 13, 2039 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,092,962 | In force Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
| Application 16/219,476 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,625,625 | In force Aug 2040 | Aug 2040 |
| US 11,669,769 | In force May 2039 | May 2039 |
| US 11,676,069 | this patent Apr 2039 | Apr 2039 |
| US 11,640,561 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,727,286 | In force Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
| US 11,941,542 | In force no later than Nov 2038 | no later than Nov 2038 |
8 of 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2022 Reel 60461, frame 959 | Hazard, Christopher James | Diveplane Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 31, 2023 Reel 62554, frame 106 | Diveplane Corporation | Western Alliance Bank | Security Interest |
| Sep 22, 2023 Reel 65021, frame 691 | Diveplane Corporation | Howso Incorporated | Change of Name |
| Sep 28, 2023 Reel 65081, frame 559 | Diveplane Corporation | Howso Incorporated | Change of Name |
| Jan 22, 2025 Reel 69988, frame 38 | Western Alliance Bank | Howso Incorporated | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2039
Term ends Apr 13, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 121 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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