Term ends no later than Nov 26, 2039 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 20, 2038
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.
Held by Watts Regulator Co.
Filed Jun 22, 2022 as application 17/846,183 · Granted Jan 14, 2025
Base term plus 371 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2039
Clock starts
Nov 20, 2018
Nov 20, 2018
Ends no later than
Nov 26, 2039
Nov 26, 2039
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Jan 14, 2025
base term
patent term adjustment
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
371
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
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 371 days past its 20-year base term on 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: Medium. 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 Nov 20, 2018, when application 16/196,538, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 22, 2022) | Nov 20, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +371 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 26, 2039 | 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 Nov 26, 2039 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,396,467 | In force Nov 2038 | Nov 2038 |
| US 11,397,009 | In force Nov 2038 | Nov 2038 |
| US 12,135,135 | In force Nov 2038 | Nov 2038 |
| US 12,195,953 | In force no later than Mar 2040 | no later than Mar 2040 |
| US 12,195,378 | this patent no later than Nov 2039 | no later than Nov 2039 |
| US 12,196,430 | In force no later than Nov 2039 | no later than Nov 2039 |
| US 12,305,885 | In force no later than Mar 2040 | no later than Mar 2040 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2022 Reel 61166, frame 253 | D'amore, Theresa; Bothner, Paul; Summey, Jana; Trammell, Michael; Schmitt, Craig | Watts Regulator Co. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2039
Term ends no later than Nov 26, 2039. 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
Note
The 371 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Nov 26, 2039. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2025 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.