Term ends Nov 8, 2039 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 8, 2039
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 10,933,153), so the cap could be lower.
Held by DLVR, LLC
Filed Aug 12, 2022 as application 17/886,597 · Granted Apr 2, 2024
Base term plus 27 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Nov 8, 2019
Nov 8, 2019
Term ends
Nov 8, 2039
Nov 8, 2039
Granted
Apr 2, 2024
Apr 2, 2024
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
27
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 10,933,153.
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.
4
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 27 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Nov 8, 2019, when application 16/678,891, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 12, 2022) | Nov 8, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +27 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 5, 2039 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,933,153) | capped to Nov 8, 2039 | Medium 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 8, 2039 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 16/678,891 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,933,153 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 11,413,366 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 11,944,715 | this patent Nov 2039 | Nov 2039 |
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 22, 2024 Reel 66198, frame 182 | Shell, Michael Ross; Goswami, Sameer | DLVR, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2039
Term ends Nov 8, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 27 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,933,153.
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.