Term ends Oct 5, 2038 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 5, 2038
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Wayne Fueling Systems LLC
Filed Jan 22, 2021 as application 17/155,704 · Granted Sep 19, 2023
Base term plus 242 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Feb 5, 2018
Feb 5, 2018
Term ends
Oct 5, 2038
Oct 5, 2038
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Sep 19, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
242
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.
5
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 242 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Feb 5, 2018, when application 15/888,663, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 22, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 5, 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 | +242 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 5, 2038 | 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 5, 2038 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,902,422 | In force May 2039 | May 2039 |
| Application PCT/US2019/016647 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,763,302 | this patent Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
| US 12,125,032 | In force no later than Feb 2038 | no later than Feb 2038 |
| Application 18/915,849 | Pending not computed | not computed |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2038
Term ends Oct 5, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 242 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below 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.