Term ends Jan 26, 2041 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 26, 2041
Held by Fci USA LLC
Filed Sep 2, 2022 as application 17/902,342 · Granted Oct 24, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2021
2041
Clock starts
Jan 26, 2021
Jan 26, 2021
Term ends
Jan 26, 2041
Jan 26, 2041
Granted
Oct 24, 2023
Oct 24, 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 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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 Jan 26, 2021, when application 17/158,214, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 2, 2022) | Jan 26, 2041 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 26, 2041 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,469,553 | In force Jan 2041 | Jan 2041 |
| US 11,799,246 | this patent Jan 2041 | Jan 2041 |
| US 12,074,398 | In force Jan 2041 | Jan 2041 |
| US 12,341,302 | In force Jan 2041 | Jan 2041 |
| Application 19/219,083 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 2023 Reel 62395, frame 857 | Johnescu, Douglas M.; Hull, Gregory A.; Lauermann, Mark E.; Martin, Scott; Ellison, Jason John; De Geest, Jan; Copper, Charles; Gray, Mark R.; Tanis, William; Minich, Steven E. | Fci USA LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2041
Term ends Jan 26, 2041. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.