Term ends Jul 16, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 16, 2040
Held by Dcstar Inc.
Filed Nov 22, 2024 as application 18/956,940 · Granted Dec 9, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Jul 16, 2020
Jul 16, 2020
Term ends
Jul 16, 2040
Jul 16, 2040
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Dec 9, 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.
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 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 16, 2020, when application 16/931,157, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 22, 2024) | Jul 16, 2040 | 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 | Jul 16, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,000,611 | In force Jul 2040 | Jul 2040 |
| US 11,730,842 | In force no later than Dec 2040 | no later than Dec 2040 |
| US 12,194,180 | In force Jul 2040 | Jul 2040 |
| US 12,491,278 | this patent Jul 2040 | Jul 2040 |
| Application 19/388,381 | 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
Jul 2040
Term ends Jul 16, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
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