Term ends Dec 11, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 11, 2038
Held by Snap-on Incorporated
Filed May 19, 2022 as application 17/748,740 · Granted May 6, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Dec 11, 2018
Dec 11, 2018
Term ends
Dec 11, 2038
Dec 11, 2038
Granted
May 6, 2025
May 6, 2025
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 11,354,944, to Dec 11, 2038. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
10
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 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 Dec 11, 2018, when application 16/216,354, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 19, 2022) | Dec 11, 2038 | 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 11,354,944) | resolves to Dec 11, 2038, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Dec 11, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 12,112,589 | In force Jul 2040 | Jul 2040 |
| US 11,238,676 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 11,354,944 | In force Feb 2040 | Feb 2040 |
| Application PCT/US2019/065649 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 12,469,339 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 12,293,616 | this patent Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 12,626,546 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| Application 19/169,437 | Pending not computed | not computed |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2022 Reel 59974, frame 741 | Merg, Patrick S.; Brozovich, Roy S.; Foreman, Jacob G.; Kelley, Brett A. | Snap-on Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2038
Term ends Dec 11, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,354,944, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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