Term ends Aug 6, 2039 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 6, 2039
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by BMIC LLC
Filed May 20, 2024 as application 18/668,763 · Granted Jun 24, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Aug 6, 2019
Aug 6, 2019
Term ends
Aug 6, 2039
Aug 6, 2039
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Jun 24, 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.
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.
9
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: 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 Aug 6, 2019, when application 16/533,032, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 20, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 6, 2039 | 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 | 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 | Aug 6, 2039 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,352,792 | In force Dec 2039 | Dec 2039 |
| US 11,959,280 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| Application 18/065,444 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,959,281 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 11,987,983 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 12,655,634 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 12,338,628 | this patent Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 12,486,667 | In force no later than Aug 2039 | no later than Aug 2039 |
8 of 9 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
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Aug 2039
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