Term ends Mar 3, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 6, 2029
Held by Optimal Plus Ltd.
Filed Dec 22, 2021 as application 17/559,845 · Granted Mar 5, 2024
Base term plus 240 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Jul 6, 2009
Jul 6, 2009
Term ends
Mar 3, 2030
Mar 3, 2030
Granted
Mar 5, 2024
Mar 5, 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
240
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 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.
3
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 240 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Jul 6, 2009, when application 12/497,798, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 22, 2021) | Jul 6, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +240 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 3, 2030 | 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 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 3, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,118,200 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 11,235,355 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 11,919,046 | this patent Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
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 25, 2024 Reel 66249, frame 36 | Linde, Reed; Balog, Gill | Optimal Test Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 25, 2024 Reel 66372, frame 328 | Optimal Test Ltd. | Optimal Plus Ltd. | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
Free plan: 3 watched companies. Pro: unlimited.
Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Mar 2030
Term ends Mar 3, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 240 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2024 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it.
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.