Term ends Feb 19, 2034 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 19, 2034
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Universal City Studios LLC
Filed Sep 23, 2024 as application 18/893,438 · Granted Sep 22, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Feb 19, 2014
Feb 19, 2014
Term ends
Feb 19, 2034
Feb 19, 2034
Granted
Sep 22, 2026
Sep 22, 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
7
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 1 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 Feb 19, 2014, when application 14/184,591, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 23, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 19, 2034 | 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 | None on file | no change | 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 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 19, 2034 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,134,267 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2014/017817 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,380,884 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US 10,699,557 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US 11,373,516 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US 12,100,292 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US 12,743,948 | this patent Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
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What's changing
Feb 2034
Term ends Feb 19, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
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