Term ends Jan 14, 2034 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 11, 2034
Held by Carbon, Inc.
Filed Sep 8, 2023 as application 18/463,383 · Granted Nov 26, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Aug 11, 2014
Aug 11, 2014
Term ends
Jan 14, 2034
Jan 14, 2034
Granted
Nov 26, 2024
Nov 26, 2024
base term
after the term ends
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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,016,938, US 10,093,064, US 10,144,181, US 10,150,253, US 10,240,066, US 10,596,755, US 10,647,880, US 10,818,215, US 11,141,910, US 11,235,516, US 11,786,711, US 9,205,601, US 9,216,546, US 9,598,606.
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.
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. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 2 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 11, 2014, when application 14/456,270, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 8, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 11, 2034 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,016,938, US 10,093,064, US 10,144,181, US 10,150,253, US 10,240,066, US 10,596,755, US 10,647,880, US 10,818,215, US 11,141,910, US 11,235,516, US 11,786,711, US 9,205,601, US 9,216,546, US 9,598,606) | capped to Jan 14, 2034 | Medium 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 | Jan 14, 2034 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 9,360,757 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 10,016,938 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 11,260,208 | In force Nov 2039 | Nov 2039 |
| US 11,141,910 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 11,786,711 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| US 12,121,686 | In force Sep 2039 | Sep 2039 |
| US 12,151,073 | this patent Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| Application 18/922,321 | Pending not computed | not computed |
8 of 9 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
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What's changing
Jan 2034
Term ends Jan 14, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,016,938, US 10,093,064, US 10,144,181, US 10,150,253, US 10,240,066, US 10,596,755, US 10,647,880, US 10,818,215, US 11,141,910, US 11,235,516, US 11,786,711, US 9,205,601, US 9,216,546, US 9,598,606.
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