Term ends Mar 10, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 10, 2031
Held by Nicoventures Trading Limited
Filed Jun 26, 2020 as application 16/946,552 · Granted Nov 11, 2025
Base term plus 195 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Mar 10, 2011
Mar 10, 2011
Term ends
Mar 10, 2031
Mar 10, 2031
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Nov 11, 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
195
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,701,969.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
5
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 runs 195 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 1 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 Mar 10, 2011, when applications PCT/AT2010/000122 and PCT/AT2011/000122, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Jun 26, 2020) | Mar 10, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +195 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 21, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,701,969) | capped to Mar 10, 2031 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 10, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,554,595 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 10,701,969 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 12,465,703 | this patent Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
3 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2020 Reel 54007, frame 234 | Buchberger, Helmut | Batmark Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 2, 2023 Reel 65094, frame 170 | Batmark Limited | Nicoventures Trading Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Mar 2031
Term ends Mar 10, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 195 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,701,969.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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