Term ends Apr 27, 2035 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 16, 2033
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Highcon Systems Ltd.
Filed Jun 8, 2021 as application 17/341,566 · Granted Feb 17, 2026
Base term plus 588 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2035
Clock starts
Sep 16, 2013
Sep 16, 2013
Term ends
Apr 27, 2035
Apr 27, 2035
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Feb 17, 2026
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
588
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 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.
3
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 588 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 2 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 Sep 16, 2013, when application PCT/IL2013/000071, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 8, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 16, 2033 | 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 | +588 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 27, 2035 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 27, 2035 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,059,253 | In force Jun 2036 | Jun 2036 |
| US 12,552,125 | this patent Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
2 of 3 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
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What's changing
Apr 2035
Term ends Apr 27, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 588 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
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