Term ends Jan 1, 2041 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 21, 2038
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Universiteit Gent; IMEC VZW and IMEC VZW
Filed Aug 15, 2022 as application 17/887,981 · Granted Aug 18, 2026
Base term plus 956 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2041
Clock starts
May 21, 2018
May 21, 2018
Term ends
Jan 1, 2041
Jan 1, 2041
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Aug 18, 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
956
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 956 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 May 21, 2018, when application PCT/EP2018/063260, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 15, 2022); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 21, 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 | +956 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 1, 2041 | 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 1, 2041 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,896,373 | In force Nov 2040 | Nov 2040 |
| US 11,298,057 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 11,696,707 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 12,708,293 | this patent Jan 2041 | Jan 2041 |
4 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2023 Reel 62985, frame 45 | Vizbaras, Augustinas; Vizbaras, Kristijonas; Simonyte, Ieva | Brolis Sensor Technology, Uab | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 2, 2023 Reel 63502, frame 470 | Roelkens, Günther | Universiteit Gent; IMEC VZW | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Roelkens, Günther | Universiteit Gent | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Roelkens, Günther | IMEC VZW | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2041
Term ends Jan 1, 2041. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 956 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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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.