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US 12,039,085 In force
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Term ends Feb 11, 2039 · Low confidence

Filed Jun 22, 2023 as application 18/339,395 · Granted Jul 16, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
Feb 11, 2019
Term ends
Feb 11, 2039
Granted
Jul 16, 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,366,931, US 11,720,712, to Feb 11, 2039. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 11, 2019, when application 16/272,266, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 22, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Feb 11, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,366,931, US 11,720,712)resolves to Feb 11, 2039, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Further caveats on recordThe record names parents not resolved: 17736053Low confidence overallLow confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 11, 2039Low confidence

This family

US 11,366,931In force
Dec 2040
Dec 2040
US 11,720,712In force
Feb 2039
Feb 2039
US 12,039,085this patent
Feb 2039
Feb 2039
US 12,462,064In force
Feb 2039
Feb 2039
Application 19/359,512Pending
not computed
not computed
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 22, 2023
Reel 64033, frame 25
Goodridge, John; McLean, Ian JamesAvecto LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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