Term ends Dec 29, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 13, 2037
Held by Legrand DPC, LLC
Filed Jun 29, 2023 as application 18/344,520 · Granted May 27, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Jul 13, 2017
Jul 13, 2017
Term ends
Dec 29, 2033
Dec 29, 2033
Granted
May 27, 2025
May 27, 2025
base term
after the term ends
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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,680,398, US 9,614,335.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 2 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 Jul 13, 2017, when application 15/649,414, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 29, 2023) | Jul 13, 2037 | 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 10,680,398, US 9,614,335) | capped to Dec 29, 2033 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 29, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,249,998 | In force Jul 2037 | Jul 2037 |
| US D920,917 | In force Jun 2036 | Jun 2036 |
| US 10,498,096 | In force Jul 2037 | Jul 2037 |
| US 10,680,398 | In force Jul 2037 | Jul 2037 |
| US 11,362,470 | In force Jul 2037 | Jul 2037 |
| US 11,728,604 | In force Jul 2037 | Jul 2037 |
| US 12,316,057 | this patent Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
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 29, 2023 Reel 64117, frame 837 | Irons, Travis; Ramsey, Mark | Server Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 30, 2024 Reel 69701, frame 965 | Server Technology, Inc.; Legrand DPC, LLC | Legrand DPC, LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
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What's changing
Dec 2033
Term ends Dec 29, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,680,398, US 9,614,335.
Citations
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