Term ends Jan 19, 2042 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 15, 2041
Held by AGC Si-Tech Co., Ltd.
Filed Jun 21, 2023 as application 18/338,725 · Granted Jun 23, 2026
Base term plus 35 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2021
2042
Clock starts
Dec 15, 2021
Dec 15, 2021
Term ends
Jan 19, 2042
Jan 19, 2042
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Jun 23, 2026
base term
patent term adjustment
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
35
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.
2
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 35 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 Dec 15, 2021, when application PCT/JP2021/046393, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 21, 2023) | Dec 15, 2041 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +35 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 19, 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 | Jan 19, 2042 | High confidence |
This family
| US 12,662,385 | this patent Jan 2042 | Jan 2042 |
1 of 2 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2023 Reel 64015, frame 781 | Arimitsu, Shinnosuke; Izumi, Naoyuki | AGC Si-Tech Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2042
Term ends Jan 19, 2042. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 35 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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