Term ends Aug 3, 2042 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 14, 2042
Held by Lightel Technologies, Inc.
Filed Aug 22, 2022 as application 17/892,906 · Granted Aug 6, 2024
Base term plus 201 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2022
2042
Clock starts
Jan 14, 2022
Jan 14, 2022
Term ends
Aug 3, 2042
Aug 3, 2042
Granted
Aug 6, 2024
Aug 6, 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
201
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
3
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 201 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. 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 Jan 14, 2022, when application 17/576,890, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 22, 2022) | Jan 14, 2042 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +201 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 3, 2042 | 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 3, 2042 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,592,620 | In force Jan 2042 | Jan 2042 |
| US 12,057,673 | this patent Aug 2042 | Aug 2042 |
| US 11,774,678 | In force Jan 2042 | Jan 2042 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2022 Reel 60861, frame 498 | Hsia, Chungho; Shen, Pai-sheng | Lightel Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2042
Term ends Aug 3, 2042. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 201 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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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.