Term ends Apr 12, 2041 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 30, 2040
Filed Nov 30, 2020 as application 17/106,720 · Granted Jul 4, 2023
Base term plus 133 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2020
2041
Clock starts
Nov 30, 2020
Nov 30, 2020
Term ends
Apr 12, 2041
Apr 12, 2041
Granted
Jul 4, 2023
Jul 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
133
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.
2
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 133 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 30, 2020, when this application, 17/106,720, was filed | Nov 30, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +133 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 12, 2041 | 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 | Apr 12, 2041 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,692,887 | this patent Apr 2041 | Apr 2041 |
| US 12,013,300 | In force Nov 2040 | Nov 2040 |
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 21, 2021 Reel 56310, frame 369 | Witts, David; Smith, Paul | Avx Electronics Technology Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 24, 2021 Reel 56324, frame 895 | Avx Electronics Technology Limited | AB Elektronik GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 13, 2023 Reel 63327, frame 409 | AB Elektronik GmbH | Kyocera Avx Components (Werne) GmbH | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2041
Term ends Apr 12, 2041. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 133 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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.