Term ends Aug 21, 2038 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 21, 2038
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Filed Apr 26, 2023 as application 18/307,541 · Granted Jul 23, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Aug 21, 2018
Aug 21, 2018
Term ends
Aug 21, 2038
Aug 21, 2038
Granted
Jul 23, 2024
Jul 23, 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
9
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. 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 Aug 21, 2018, when applications 16/107,693, 16/107,701, 16/107,706, 16/107,710 and 16/107,715, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Apr 26, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 21, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 21, 2038 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,046,389 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 10,906,609 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,124,259 | In force Dec 2039 | Dec 2039 |
| US 10,906,610 | In force Apr 2039 | Apr 2039 |
| US 11,117,634 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| Application PCT/US2019/047435 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,667,348 | In force Nov 2038 | Nov 2038 |
| US 12,043,344 | this patent Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2024 Reel 66730, frame 607 | Pallure, Marc; Sonderegger, Marco Werner; Talavasek, Jan; Patureau, Vincent | Specialized Europe GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 12, 2024 Reel 66733, frame 112 | Specialized Europe GmbH | Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Aug 2038
Term ends Aug 21, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
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