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Thin Film Optical Lens and Method for Coating a Lens

US 12,674,914 In force
OverviewFamilySources & methods

Term ends Jan 11, 2041 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed May 20, 2024 as application 18/669,360 · Granted Jul 7, 2026
Base term plus 263 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2041
Clock starts
Apr 23, 2020
Term ends
Jan 11, 2041
Granted
Jul 7, 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
263
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.
3
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 263 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 23, 2020, when application 16/856,394, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 20, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Apr 23, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+263 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 11, 2041High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 11, 2041Medium confidence

This family

US 12,147,008In force
Feb 2043
Feb 2043
US 12,674,914this patent
Jan 2041
Jan 2041
Application 18/675,553Pending
not computed
not computed
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Sources

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