Term ends no later than Dec 26, 2036 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 26, 2036
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Filed Sep 9, 2022 as application 17/941,472 · Granted Dec 10, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Dec 26, 2016
Dec 26, 2016
Ends no later than
Dec 26, 2036
Dec 26, 2036
Granted
Dec 10, 2024
Dec 10, 2024
base term
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
8
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 on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 0 of 3 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 Dec 26, 2016, when application PCT/KR2016/015297, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 9, 2022); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 26, 2036 | 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 on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Dec 26, 2036 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 10,687,281 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| US 11,470,595 | In force Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| US 11,356,947 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 12,167,415 | this patent no later than Dec 2036 | no later than Dec 2036 |
| Application 18/918,105 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 90/016,432 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 90/016,435 | Pending not computed | not computed |
7 of 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2024 Reel 66220, frame 164 | Son, Juhyung; Kwak, Jinsam; Ko, Geonjung; Ahn, Woojin | Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc.; SK Telecom Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 23, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Kwak, Jinsam; Ahn, Woojin; Ko, Geonjung; Son, Juhyung | Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 23, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Kwak, Jinsam; Ahn, Woojin; Ko, Geonjung; Son, Juhyung | SK Telecom Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 20, 2024 Reel 67790, frame 700 | SK Telecom Co., Ltd. | Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2036
Term ends no later than Dec 26, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Dec 26, 2036. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
2
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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.