Term ends Jun 6, 2041 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 18, 2039
Filed Sep 18, 2019 as application 16/574,446 · Granted Dec 5, 2023
Base term plus 627 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2041
Clock starts
Sep 18, 2019
Sep 18, 2019
Term ends
Jun 6, 2041
Jun 6, 2041
Granted
Dec 5, 2023
Dec 5, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
627
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.
2
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 627 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 Sep 18, 2019, when this application, 16/574,446, was filed | Sep 18, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +627 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 6, 2041 | 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 | Jun 6, 2041 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,834,082 | this patent Jun 2041 | Jun 2041 |
| Application PCT/US2020/049631 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 18, 2019 Reel 50415, frame 757 | Miller, Marc; Moore, Chad A.; Mianzo, Lawrence A.; Hoffelder, Mike | Progress Rail Services Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jun 2041
Term ends Jun 6, 2041. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 627 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
18
later US patents cite this one
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