Term ends Oct 12, 2041 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 16, 2041
Held by Hyroad Networks LLC
Filed Nov 29, 2021 as application 17/536,687 · Granted Jul 25, 2023
Base term plus 57 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2021
2041
Clock starts
Aug 16, 2021
Aug 16, 2021
Term ends
Oct 12, 2041
Oct 12, 2041
Granted
Jul 25, 2023
Jul 25, 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
57
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.
12
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 57 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 Aug 16, 2021, when application 17/403,179, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 29, 2021) | Aug 16, 2041 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +57 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 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 | Oct 12, 2041 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,124,076 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 11,279,243 | In force Aug 2041 | Aug 2041 |
| US 11,970,066 | In force no later than May 2041 | no later than May 2041 |
| US 11,707,995 | this patent Oct 2041 | Oct 2041 |
| US 11,820,241 | In force Jul 2041 | Jul 2041 |
| US 11,827,112 | In force Oct 2041 | Oct 2041 |
| US 12,024,034 | In force May 2041 | May 2041 |
| Application PCT/US2022/050138 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 2021 Reel 58228, frame 580 | Ashraf, Umran; Sarkissian, Varoujan; Corona, Michael; McLemore, T. Neil | Nikola Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 25, 2025 Reel 73706, frame 118 | Nikola Corporation | Hyroad Networks LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2041
Term ends Oct 12, 2041. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 57 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
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.