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Distributed Satellite Constellation Management and Control System

US 12,603,701 In force
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Term ends Jan 24, 2044 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Sep 18, 2024 as application 18/889,200 · Granted Apr 14, 2026
Base term plus 28 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2023 2044
Clock starts
Dec 27, 2023
Term ends
Jan 24, 2044
Granted
Apr 14, 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
28
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 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.
5
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 28 days past its 20-year base term on 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 27, 2023, when application 18/397,993, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 18, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Dec 27, 2043High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+28 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 24, 2044High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 24, 2044Medium confidence

This family

Application 18/397,993Abandoned
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Application 18/600,486Abandoned
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US 12,603,701this patent
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US 12,587,274In force
Dec 2043
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US 12,627,372In force
Dec 2043
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 21, 2025
Reel 72088, frame 988
Prasad, Niraj; Prasad, DeeptanshuQuantum Generative Materials LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

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