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US 12,146,170 In force
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Term ends Oct 21, 2039 · High confidence

Filed Dec 15, 2021 as application 17/551,391 · Granted Nov 19, 2024
Base term plus 289 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
Oct 21, 2019
Term ends
Oct 21, 2039
Granted
Nov 19, 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
289
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,214,781.
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.
7
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 289 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 21, 2019, when application 16/658,948, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 15, 2021)Oct 21, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+289 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 5, 2040High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,214,781)capped to Oct 21, 2039High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 21, 2039High confidence

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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
Dec 15, 2021
Reel 58394, frame 680
Kim, Juhan; Mijts, BenjaminInscripta, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 15, 2025
Reel 72252, frame 203
Inscripta, Inc.,; Manus Inscripta, Inc.Manus Inscripta, Inc.Merger and Change of Name

Sources

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

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