Term ends May 1, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 1, 2033
Held by Highcon Systems Ltd.
Filed Nov 2, 2014 as application 14/530,813 · Granted Nov 15, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
May 1, 2013
May 1, 2013
Term ends
May 1, 2033
May 1, 2033
Granted
Nov 15, 2016
Nov 15, 2016
base term
fee events
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.
2 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.
8
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. 2 of 3 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 May 1, 2013, when applications PCT/IL2013/000042, PCT/IL2013/000044 and PCT/IL2013/000047, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Nov 2, 2014) | May 1, 2033 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 1, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 13/875,781 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 13/875,894 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 13/875,726 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,045,292 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 9,492,984 | this patent May 2033 | May 2033 |
5 of 8 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 4, 2015 Reel 34881, frame 475 | Ben-david, David; Stern, Yaki; Smirnov, Yaron; Harmon, Tal | Highcon Systems Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 9, 2017 Reel 42214, frame 294 | Highcon Systems Ltd. | Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M. | Security Interest |
| Oct 24, 2017 Reel 44279, frame 943 | Highcon Systems Ltd. | Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M. | Addendum to IP Security Interest; Reel/Frame: 0442214/0294 |
| Jan 12, 2020 Reel 51567, frame 984 | Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M. | Highcon Systems Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2033
Term ends May 1, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
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