Term ends Oct 6, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 11, 2040
Filed Jun 11, 2020 as application 16/899,495 · Granted Oct 17, 2023
Base term plus 117 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Jun 11, 2020
Jun 11, 2020
Term ends
Oct 6, 2040
Oct 6, 2040
Granted
Oct 17, 2023
Oct 17, 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
117
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.
4
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 117 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 Jun 11, 2020, when this application, 16/899,495, was filed | Jun 11, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +117 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 6, 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 | Oct 6, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,788,795 | this patent Oct 2040 | Oct 2040 |
| US 12,072,152 | In force Jun 2040 | Jun 2040 |
| US 12,331,998 | In force Jun 2040 | Jun 2040 |
| Application 19/225,524 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2020 Reel 52932, frame 232 | Liu, Lei Lei; Zhang, Xiao Min; Wang, Xue Mei | Vast Glory Electronics & Hardware & Plastic(Hui Zhou) Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Oct 2040
Term ends Oct 6, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 117 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.