Term ends Feb 22, 2042 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 26, 2041
Held by Scandit AG
Filed Nov 6, 2023 as application 18/502,874 · Granted Dec 2, 2025
Base term plus 211 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2021
2042
Clock starts
Jul 26, 2021
Jul 26, 2021
Term ends
Feb 22, 2042
Feb 22, 2042
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Dec 2, 2025
base term
patent term adjustment
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
211
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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 runs 211 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Jul 26, 2021, when application 17/385,604, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 6, 2023) | Jul 26, 2041 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +211 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 22, 2042 | 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 | Feb 22, 2042 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,417,001 | In force Jul 2041 | Jul 2041 |
| US 11,810,304 | In force Jul 2041 | Jul 2041 |
| US 11,880,738 | In force Aug 2042 | Aug 2042 |
| US 12,488,473 | this patent Feb 2042 | Feb 2042 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 2024 Reel 66019, frame 437 | Bloch, Matthias; Kart, Ugur; Floerkemeier, Christian; Schoner, Bernd; Vagharshakyan, Suren | Scandit AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2042
Term ends Feb 22, 2042. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 211 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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