Term ends May 22, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 22, 2028
Held by 9224-5489 Quebec Inc.
Filed Aug 18, 2019 as application 16/543,566 · Granted Jul 21, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
May 22, 2008
May 22, 2008
Term ends
May 22, 2028
May 22, 2028
Granted
Jul 21, 2020
Jul 21, 2020
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.
1 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.
39
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. 1 of 1 maintenance fees is 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 22, 2008, when application 12/125,908, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 18, 2019) | May 22, 2028 | 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 | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 22, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,601,392 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| Application 13/798,969 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 13/799,029 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,430,495 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 10,719,658 | this patent May 2028 | May 2028 |
| Application 16/664,842 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/664,885 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/664,873 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2019 Reel 50303, frame 191 | Audet, Mathieu, MR | 9224-5489 Quebec Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
May 2028
Term ends May 22, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
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