Term ends Apr 14, 2040 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 14, 2040
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Waste Harmonics, LLC
Filed Oct 9, 2024 as application 18/910,381 · Granted Jul 15, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Apr 14, 2020
Apr 14, 2020
Term ends
Apr 14, 2040
Apr 14, 2040
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Jul 15, 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.
4
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 Apr 14, 2020, when application 16/848,459, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 9, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 14, 2040 | 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 | Apr 14, 2040 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 12,139,326 | In force May 2041 | May 2041 |
| US 12,359,955 | this patent Apr 2040 | Apr 2040 |
| Application 19/229,633 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/639,406 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2024 Reel 68966, frame 34 | Hess, Michael; Roy, Michael | Waste Harmonics, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Apr 2040
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