Term ends Mar 22, 2040 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 26, 2038
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Postprocess Technologies, Inc.
Filed Nov 17, 2022 as application 17/989,579 · Granted Jun 2, 2026
Base term plus 452 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2040
Clock starts
Dec 26, 2018
Dec 26, 2018
Term ends
Mar 22, 2040
Mar 22, 2040
Granted
Jun 2, 2026
Jun 2, 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
452
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 452 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 Dec 26, 2018, when application 16/232,955, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 17, 2022); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 26, 2038 | 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 | +452 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 22, 2040 | 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 | Mar 22, 2040 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,850,449 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,524,464 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| Application 17/088,174 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,643,145 | this patent Mar 2040 | Mar 2040 |
| Application 19/537,000 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 2023 Reel 62278, frame 375 | Cudzilo, Nicholas | Postprocess Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 4, 2023 Reel 62278, frame 377 | Strible, Jon | Postprocess Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 4, 2023 Reel 62280, frame 243 | Hutchinson, Daniel J. | Postprocess Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 4, 2023 Reel 62280, frame 371 | Farfaglia, Marc | Postprocess Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Mar 2040
Term ends Mar 22, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 452 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.
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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.