Term ends Feb 3, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 9, 2039
Held by I4F Licensing N.V.
Filed Jun 17, 2022 as application 17/843,538 · Granted Dec 3, 2024
Base term plus 176 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Jan 9, 2019
Jan 9, 2019
Term ends
Feb 3, 2039
Feb 3, 2039
Granted
Dec 3, 2024
Dec 3, 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
176
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 11,377,856.
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.
5
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 176 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 9, 2019, when application PCT/EP2019/050459, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 17, 2022) | Jan 9, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +176 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 4, 2039 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,377,856) | capped to Feb 3, 2039 | 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 | Feb 3, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,377,856 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 12,158,011 | this patent Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 12,366,071 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| Application 19/249,249 | Pending not computed | not computed |
4 of 5 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2022 Reel 60528, frame 843 | Boucké, Eddy Alberic | I4F Licensing N.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Feb 2039
Term ends Feb 3, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 176 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,377,856.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2024 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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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.