Term ends Jul 7, 2040 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 7, 2040
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Trackonomy Systems, Inc.
Filed Jan 23, 2024 as application 18/420,691 · Granted Mar 24, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Jul 7, 2020
Jul 7, 2020
Term ends
Jul 7, 2040
Jul 7, 2040
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Mar 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.
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.
9
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: 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 Jul 7, 2020, when application 16/923,060, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 23, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 7, 2040 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 7, 2040 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,580,826 | In force Jul 2040 | Jul 2040 |
| US 11,916,651 | In force Oct 2040 | Oct 2040 |
| US 12,219,429 | In force Jul 2042 | Jul 2042 |
| Application PCT/US2022/015125 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 12,335,813 | In force Feb 2042 | Feb 2042 |
| US 12,389,199 | In force Dec 2041 | Dec 2041 |
| US 12,067,443 | In force no later than Jul 2040 | no later than Jul 2040 |
| US 12,587,273 | this patent Jul 2040 | Jul 2040 |
8 of 9 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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Jul 2040
Term ends Jul 7, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
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