Term ends Sep 18, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 18, 2034
Held by TS Tech Co., Ltd.
Filed Jun 16, 2022 as application 17/842,323 · Granted Oct 10, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Sep 18, 2014
Sep 18, 2014
Term ends
Sep 18, 2034
Sep 18, 2034
Granted
Oct 10, 2023
Oct 10, 2023
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
7
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 18, 2014, when application PCT/JP2014/074685, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 16, 2022) | Sep 18, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 18, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,166,888 | In force Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
| US 10,752,136 | In force Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| US 11,390,197 | In force Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| US 11,780,352 | this patent Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| US 12,187,173 | In force Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| Application 18/961,085 | Pending not computed | not computed |
6 of 7 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
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What's changing
Sep 2034
Term ends Sep 18, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
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later US patents cite this one
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