Term ends Nov 28, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 21, 2038
Held by Universiteit Gent; IMEC VZW and IMEC VZW
Filed Oct 29, 2019 as application 16/609,355 · Granted Feb 13, 2024
Base term plus 922 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2040
Clock starts
May 21, 2018
May 21, 2018
Term ends
Nov 28, 2040
Nov 28, 2040
Granted
Feb 13, 2024
Feb 13, 2024
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
922
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.
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 runs 922 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 May 21, 2018, when application PCT/EP2018/063260, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 29, 2019) | May 21, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +922 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 28, 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 | Nov 28, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,896,373 | this patent Nov 2040 | Nov 2040 |
| US 11,298,057 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 11,696,707 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 12,708,293 | In force Jan 2041 | Jan 2041 |
4 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2020 Reel 51800, frame 522 | Vizbaras, Augustinas; Vizbaras, Kristijonas; Simonyte, Ieva | Brolis Sensor Technology, Uab | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 29, 2020 Reel 53066, frame 862 | Universiteit Gent | Universiteit Gent; IMEC VZW | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 29, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Universiteit Gent | Universiteit Gent | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 29, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Universiteit Gent | IMEC VZW | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 28, 2022 Reel 59252, frame 752 | Roelkens, Günther | Universiteit Gent | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2040
Term ends Nov 28, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 922 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
27
later US patents cite this one
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