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Navigation Device, Navigation System, and Method of Operating the Same

US 11,841,237 In force
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Term ends Feb 17, 2031 · Low confidence

Held by Thinkware Corporation
Filed Oct 1, 2020 as application 17/060,814 · Granted Dec 12, 2023
Base term plus 492 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2031
Clock starts
Apr 12, 2010
Term ends
Feb 17, 2031
Granted
Dec 12, 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
492
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,808,596, US 11,946,763, US 12,117,306.
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.

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 filingClock starts Apr 12, 2010, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Oct 1, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Apr 12, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+492 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 17, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,808,596, US 11,946,763, US 12,117,306)capped to Feb 17, 2031High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Further caveats on recordThe record names parents not resolved: 16457174, 16132012, 14931485, 13319733Low confidence overallLow confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 17, 2031Low confidence

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