Term ends Jan 19, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 19, 2038
Held by Doftek Pty Ltd.
Filed Jul 2, 2024 as application 18/762,621 · Granted Nov 10, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Jan 19, 2018
Jan 19, 2018
Term ends
Jan 19, 2038
Jan 19, 2038
Granted
Nov 10, 2026
Nov 10, 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jan 19, 2018, when application PCT/IB2018/000352, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 2, 2024) | Jan 19, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 19, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,988,177 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 11,588,657 | In force Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| US 11,565,752 | In force Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| Application PCT/US2022/012239 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,888,632 | In force Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| US 12,084,110 | In force Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| US 12,206,515 | In force Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| US 12,789,894 | this patent Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2025 Reel 70373, frame 92 | Rogers, Geoffrey William | Champagne Donuts Pty Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 28, 2025 Reel 70373, frame 107 | Champagne Donuts Pty Ltd. | Doftek Pty Ltd. | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jan 2038
Term ends Jan 19, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
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.