Term ends Oct 21, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 21, 2029
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Nicoventures Trading Limited
Filed Mar 27, 2017 as application 15/470,095 · Granted Feb 24, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Oct 21, 2009
Oct 21, 2009
Term ends
Oct 21, 2029
Oct 21, 2029
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Feb 24, 2026
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.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.
12
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. No maintenance fee can end this term early. 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 Oct 21, 2009, when application PCT/AT2009/000414, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 27, 2017); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 21, 2029 | 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 | 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 | No maintenance fee can end the term early | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 21, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,833,364 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 10,543,323 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| Application 14/306,831 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/470,089 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/470,078 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,558,496 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| Application 16/948,413 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,447,290 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2018 Reel 45924, frame 252 | Buchberger, Helmut | Batmark Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 17, 2021 Reel 55300, frame 179 | Batmark Limited | Nicoventures Trading Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 21, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
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