Term ends no later than May 17, 2041 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 17, 2041
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Hyroad Networks LLC
Filed Sep 3, 2021 as application 17/466,326 · Granted Apr 30, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2021
2041
Clock starts
May 17, 2021
May 17, 2021
Ends no later than
May 17, 2041
May 17, 2041
Granted
Apr 30, 2024
Apr 30, 2024
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
12
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 May 17, 2021, when application 17/321,724, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 3, 2021) | May 17, 2041 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | 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 | no later than May 17, 2041 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,124,076 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 11,279,243 | In force Aug 2041 | Aug 2041 |
| US 11,970,066 | this patent no later than May 2041 | no later than May 2041 |
| US 11,707,995 | In force Oct 2041 | Oct 2041 |
| US 11,820,241 | In force Jul 2041 | Jul 2041 |
| US 11,827,112 | In force Oct 2041 | Oct 2041 |
| US 12,024,034 | In force May 2041 | May 2041 |
| Application PCT/US2022/050138 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2021 Reel 57382, frame 517 | Borghi, Cory; Emami, Saeid | Nikola Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 8, 2024 Reel 66047, frame 222 | Ashraf, Umran | Nikola Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 8, 2024 Reel 66047, frame 297 | Konold, Philipp; Morath, Matthias; Dere, Cihan; Krug, Christian | Nikola Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 25, 2025 Reel 73706, frame 118 | Nikola Corporation | Hyroad Networks LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2041
Term ends no later than May 17, 2041. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than May 17, 2041. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
7
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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.