Term ends Apr 12, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 28, 2040
Held by Faraday Technology, Inc.
Filed Aug 11, 2021 as application 17/399,148 · Granted Jul 18, 2023
Base term plus 75 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Jan 28, 2020
Jan 28, 2020
Term ends
Apr 12, 2040
Apr 12, 2040
Granted
Jul 18, 2023
Jul 18, 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
75
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.
176
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 75 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Jan 28, 2020, when application 16/774,232, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 11, 2021) | Jan 28, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +75 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 12, 2040 | 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 12, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,646,339 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 7,749,083 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2018 | Jul 2018 |
| US 7,206,417 | Term ended Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 |
| US 8,103,589 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,151,304 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| US 8,332,895 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2020 | Dec 2020 |
| US 9,330,529 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2020 | May 2020 |
| US 8,428,273 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2021 | Apr 2021 |
8 of 176 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2040
Term ends Apr 12, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 75 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.