Term ends Aug 28, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 28, 2035
Held by Lee Tech LLC
Filed Jul 12, 2022 as application 17/862,614 · Granted Jun 20, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Aug 28, 2015
Aug 28, 2015
Term ends
Aug 28, 2035
Aug 28, 2035
Granted
Jun 20, 2023
Jun 20, 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.
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. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 28, 2015, when application 14/839,763, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 12, 2022) | Aug 28, 2035 | 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 | Aug 28, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 14/839,763 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,427,839 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| US 11,680,278 | this patent Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| US 12,084,707 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| US 12,351,852 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| US 12,655,453 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| Application 19/706,144 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 12, 2022 Reel 60636, frame 219 | Lee, Chie Ying | Lee Tech LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Aug 2035
Term ends Aug 28, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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