Term ends Nov 18, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 18, 2034
Held by Rohm Co., Ltd.
Filed Apr 25, 2023 as application 18/306,713 · Granted Aug 20, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Nov 18, 2014
Nov 18, 2014
Term ends
Nov 18, 2034
Nov 18, 2034
Granted
Aug 20, 2024
Aug 20, 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 10,263,612, to Nov 18, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
10
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 2 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 Nov 18, 2014, when application PCT/JP2014/080497, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 25, 2023) | Nov 18, 2034 | 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 resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,263,612) | resolves to Nov 18, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 18, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,263,612 | In force Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
| US 10,826,481 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| US 11,336,275 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 11,728,801 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 12,063,030 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 11,936,369 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 12,068,741 | this patent Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 12,316,307 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
8 of 10 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2034
Term ends Nov 18, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,263,612, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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