Term ends Oct 19, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 6, 2029
Held by 3-D Matrix, Ltd.
Filed Jan 4, 2022 as application 17/568,026 · Granted Oct 31, 2023
Base term plus 13 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Oct 6, 2009
Oct 6, 2009
Term ends
Oct 19, 2029
Oct 19, 2029
Granted
Oct 31, 2023
Oct 31, 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
13
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,576,123, US 10,596,225, to Oct 19, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it 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 13 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 1 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 Oct 6, 2009, when application PCT/JP2009/067367, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 4, 2022) | Oct 6, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +13 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 19, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,576,123, US 10,596,225) | resolves to Oct 19, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 19, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,576,123 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 10,596,225 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| Application 16/743,682 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,801,281 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| Application 18/367,908 | Pending not computed | not computed |
5 of 6 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 28, 2022 Reel 58806, frame 491 | Takamura, Kentaro; Gojo, Satoshi; Kobayashi, Satoru | 3-D Matrix, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 19, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 13 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,576,123, US 10,596,225, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
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
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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.