Term ends Aug 31, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 29, 2038
Held by 2SURV, Inc.
Filed Aug 15, 2024 as application 18/806,258 · Granted Sep 22, 2026
Base term plus 2 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Aug 29, 2018
Aug 29, 2018
Term ends
Aug 31, 2038
Aug 31, 2038
Granted
Sep 22, 2026
Sep 22, 2026
base term
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
2
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 12,741,802, to Aug 31, 2038. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
10
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 2 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 2 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 Aug 29, 2018, when application 16/115,871, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 15, 2024) | Aug 29, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +2 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 31, 2038 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 12,741,802) | resolves to Aug 31, 2038, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 31, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,730,685 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,401,102 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,772,875 | In force Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
| US 12,280,937 | In force Sep 2038 | Sep 2038 |
| US 12,741,802 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 12,741,803 | this patent Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
| US 12,729,051 | In force Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
| Application PCT/US2025/018534 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2024 Reel 68895, frame 414 | White, Russell W.; Roberts, Shawn A.; Roberts, Laura J. | 2SURV, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2038
Term ends Aug 31, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 2 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 12,741,802, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
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.