Term ends Apr 10, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 22, 2039
Held by Gravic, Inc.
Filed Sep 3, 2021 as application 17/466,212 · Granted Oct 3, 2023
Base term plus 232 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2040
Clock starts
Aug 22, 2019
Aug 22, 2019
Term ends
Apr 10, 2040
Apr 10, 2040
Granted
Oct 3, 2023
Oct 3, 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
232
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.
6
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 232 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 22, 2019, when application 16/548,012, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 3, 2021) | Aug 22, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +232 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 10, 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 10, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,120,047 | In force Feb 2040 | Feb 2040 |
| US 11,775,560 | this patent Apr 2040 | Apr 2040 |
| US 11,880,386 | In force no later than Aug 2039 | no later than Aug 2039 |
| US 11,921,748 | In force no later than Aug 2039 | no later than Aug 2039 |
| US 12,216,681 | In force no later than Aug 2039 | no later than Aug 2039 |
| US 12,541,535 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2021 Reel 57382, frame 146 | Hoffmann, John R.; Holenstein, Paul J.; Holenstein, Bruce D.; Holenstein, Dylan R. | Gravic, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2040
Term ends Apr 10, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 232 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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.