Term ends Mar 14, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 14, 2032
Held by Abec, Inc.
Filed Feb 4, 2022 as application 17/592,804 · Granted Dec 3, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Mar 14, 2012
Mar 14, 2012
Term ends
Mar 14, 2032
Mar 14, 2032
Granted
Dec 3, 2024
Dec 3, 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 11,261,415, US 9,228,165, to Mar 14, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
6
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 1 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 Mar 14, 2012, when application 13/420,338, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 4, 2022) | Mar 14, 2032 | 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 11,261,415, US 9,228,165) | resolves to Mar 14, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 14, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,228,165 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| Application 14/969,937 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/252,273 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,261,415 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 12,157,874 | this patent Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| Application 18/923,962 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 2, 2023 Reel 64468, frame 562 | Knight, Cameron; Jones, Todd; Cole, Brady; Kubera, Paul; Donovan, Cindy | Abec, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2032
Term ends Mar 14, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,261,415, US 9,228,165, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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.