Term ends Nov 27, 2039 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 27, 2039
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 12,117,263), so the cap could be lower.
Held by GSTC LLC
Filed Aug 21, 2024 as application 18/811,013 · Granted Jun 23, 2026
Base term plus 27 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Nov 27, 2019
Nov 27, 2019
Term ends
Nov 27, 2039
Nov 27, 2039
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Jun 23, 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
27
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 12,117,263.
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.
35
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 27 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: 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 27, 2019, when application 16/697,265, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 21, 2024) | Nov 27, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +27 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 24, 2039 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 12,117,263) | capped to Nov 27, 2039 | Medium 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 27, 2039 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 16/697,265 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,435,161 | In force Nov 2039 | Nov 2039 |
| Application PCT/US2020/061039 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,939,145 | In force Jun 2042 | Jun 2042 |
| Application PCT/US2022/034176 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,635,278 | In force Nov 2039 | Nov 2039 |
| US 12,459,717 | In force Aug 2043 | Aug 2043 |
| US 12,292,258 | In force Nov 2039 | Nov 2039 |
8 of 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2024 Reel 68480, frame 405 | Searle, Gideon P. | Bear Hyde, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 4, 2024 Reel 68480, frame 508 | Bear Hyde, LLC | GSTC LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Nov 2039
Term ends Nov 27, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 27 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 12,117,263.
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.