Term ends Sep 27, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 27, 2038
Held by Belden Canada ULC
Filed Aug 10, 2023 as application 18/232,729 · Granted Jun 17, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Sep 27, 2018
Sep 27, 2018
Term ends
Sep 27, 2038
Sep 27, 2038
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Jun 17, 2025
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Sep 27, 2018, when application 16/143,831, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 10, 2023) | Sep 27, 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 | None on record | no cap applied | 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 | Sep 27, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,795,107 | In force Sep 2038 | Sep 2038 |
| US 11,435,542 | In force Sep 2038 | Sep 2038 |
| US 11,656,422 | In force Sep 2038 | Sep 2038 |
| US 11,740,423 | In force Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
| US 12,313,896 | In force Sep 2038 | Sep 2038 |
| US 12,332,491 | this patent Sep 2038 | Sep 2038 |
| Application 19/239,502 | Pending not computed | not computed |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
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What's changing
Sep 2038
Term ends Sep 27, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
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