Term ends Apr 2, 2041 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 2, 2041
Held by Turtle Bear Holdings, LLC
Filed Aug 8, 2023 as application 18/446,315 · Granted May 12, 2026
Base term plus 271 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2021
2041
Clock starts
Apr 2, 2021
Apr 2, 2021
Term ends
Apr 2, 2041
Apr 2, 2041
Granted
May 12, 2026
May 12, 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
271
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,730,784, US 11,779,620, US 12,622,938.
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.
8
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 271 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Apr 2, 2021, when application 17/221,411, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 8, 2023) | Apr 2, 2041 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +271 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 29, 2041 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,730,784, US 11,779,620, US 12,622,938) | capped to Apr 2, 2041 | 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 | Apr 2, 2041 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,730,784 | In force Apr 2041 | Apr 2041 |
| US 11,779,620 | In force Apr 2041 | Apr 2041 |
| Application PCT/US2021/025553 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2021/025564 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 12,622,938 | In force Apr 2041 | Apr 2041 |
| US 12,622,940 | this patent Apr 2041 | Apr 2041 |
| Application 19/641,242 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/644,684 | Pending not computed | not computed |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Apr 2041
Term ends Apr 2, 2041. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 271 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,730,784, US 11,779,620, US 12,622,938.
Citations
We have no citation count for this patent yet. That is not the same as never having been cited.
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.