Term ends Jan 8, 2034 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 8, 2034
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
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Filed May 28, 2024 as application 18/675,206 · Granted Mar 17, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Jan 8, 2014
Jan 8, 2014
Term ends
Jan 8, 2034
Jan 8, 2034
Granted
Mar 17, 2026
Mar 17, 2026
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it 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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 1 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 Jan 8, 2014, when application 14/149,904, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 28, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jan 8, 2034 | 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 | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 8, 2034 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,776,756 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| US 11,436,565 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 12,026,674 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 12,579,516 | this patent Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
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Jan 2034
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