Term ends Nov 11, 2042 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 5, 2040
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by KBR Wyle Services, LLC
Filed May 6, 2022 as application 17/739,014 · Granted May 19, 2026
Base term plus 736 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2020
2042
Clock starts
Nov 5, 2020
Nov 5, 2020
Term ends
Nov 11, 2042
Nov 11, 2042
Granted
May 19, 2026
May 19, 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
736
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 736 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 5, 2020, when application 17/090,747, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 6, 2022); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 5, 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 | +736 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 11, 2042 | 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 | Nov 11, 2042 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,770,984 | In force Aug 2041 | Aug 2041 |
| US 12,288,129 | In force Sep 2042 | Sep 2042 |
| US 12,632,755 | this patent Nov 2042 | Nov 2042 |
| US 12,393,857 | In force Dec 2040 | Dec 2040 |
| Application 19/680,427 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2022 Reel 60827, frame 64 | Henderickson, Peter Carl | Centauri, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 12, 2022 Reel 60489, frame 240 | Erwin, Jadon Daniel | Centauri, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 21, 2022 Reel 60806, frame 281 | Hendrickson, Peter Carl | Centauri, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 15, 2022 Reel 61110, frame 951 | Centauri, LLC | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | Merger |
| Jul 12, 2023 Reel 64228, frame 437 | Centauri, LLC | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | Merger |
| Nov 6, 2024 Reel 69156, frame 662 | Kellogg Brown & Root LLC | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2042
Term ends Nov 11, 2042. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 736 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.