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Shipping Interface for a User Interface

US 12,020,515 In force
OverviewSources & methods

Term ends Mar 30, 2027 · High confidence

Held by Auctane, Inc.
Filed Oct 8, 2021 as application 17/497,709 · Granted Jun 25, 2024
Base term plus 155 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2027
Clock starts
Oct 26, 2006
Term ends
Mar 30, 2027
Granted
Jun 25, 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
155
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,158,137, to Mar 30, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.

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 Oct 26, 2006, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Oct 8, 2021)Oct 26, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+155 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 30, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,158,137)resolves to Mar 30, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo maintenance fee can end the term earlyIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 30, 2027High confidence

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