Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 13, 2025 (Alter Domus (US) LLC).
Term ends Dec 16, 2044 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 27, 2042
Held by Ascend Elements, Inc.
Filed Jun 27, 2022 as application 17/849,992 · Granted May 5, 2026
Base term plus 903 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2022
2044
Clock starts
Jun 27, 2022
Jun 27, 2022
Term ends
Dec 16, 2044
Dec 16, 2044
Granted
May 5, 2026
May 5, 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
903
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.
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 903 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. 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 Jun 27, 2022, when this application, 17/849,992, was filed | Jun 27, 2042 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +903 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 16, 2044 | 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 | Dec 16, 2044 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 17/519,914 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US 12,620,643 | this patent Dec 2044 | Dec 2044 |
| US 12,071,677 | In force Aug 2042 | Aug 2042 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2023 Reel 62714, frame 933 | Gratz, Eric; Wang, Yan | Ascend Elements, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 16, 2025 Reel 71147, frame 634 | Ascend Elements, Inc. | Avenue Capital Management II, L.P. | Security Interest |
| Jun 13, 2025 Reel 71564, frame 618 | Ascend Elements, Inc. | Alter Domus (US) LLC | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Dec 12, 2025 Reel 73935, frame 873 | Avenue Capital Management II, L.P. | Ascend Elements, Inc. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2044
Term ends Dec 16, 2044. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 903 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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