Term ends Aug 16, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 2, 2034
Held by Applied Underwriters, Inc.
Filed Oct 11, 2021 as application 17/450,473 · Granted Jan 13, 2026
Base term plus 988 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2014
2036
Clock starts
Jul 2, 2014
Jul 2, 2014
Term ends
Aug 16, 2036
Aug 16, 2036
Granted
Jan 13, 2026
Jan 13, 2026
base term
patent term adjustment
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
988
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 11,176,475, US 9,971,973.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
8
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 988 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 2 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 2, 2014, when application 14/321,905, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 11, 2021) | Jul 2, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +988 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 16, 2037 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,176,475, US 9,971,973) | capped to Aug 16, 2036 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 16, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 14/321,905 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,971,973 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 11,176,475 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 10,846,295 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 11,809,434 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 12,524,689 | this patent Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| Application 18/479,685 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US 12,572,804 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
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 11, 2021 Reel 57750, frame 711 | Smith, Justin N.; Clark, David Alan | Applied Underwriters, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Aug 2036
Term ends Aug 16, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 988 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 11,176,475, US 9,971,973.
Citations
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