Term ends Oct 27, 2042 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 4, 2042
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Blackpin Inc.
Filed Jun 20, 2024 as application 18/748,096 · Granted Sep 29, 2026
Base term plus 265 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2022
2042
Clock starts
Feb 4, 2022
Feb 4, 2022
Term ends
Oct 27, 2042
Oct 27, 2042
Granted
Sep 29, 2026
Sep 29, 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
265
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 265 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 Feb 4, 2022, when application 17/592,518, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 20, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 4, 2042 | 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 | +265 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 27, 2042 | 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 | Oct 27, 2042 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,638,184 | In force Feb 2042 | Feb 2042 |
| US 12,058,572 | In force Feb 2042 | Feb 2042 |
| US 12,750,746 | this patent Oct 2042 | Oct 2042 |
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 24, 2026 Reel 74159, frame 794 | Kim, Soenghun | Blackpin Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2042
Term ends Oct 27, 2042. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 265 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
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
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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.