Term ends Oct 30, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 8, 2036
Filed Oct 5, 2017 as application 15/564,453 · Granted Jul 28, 2020
Base term plus 205 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Apr 8, 2016
Apr 8, 2016
Term ends
Oct 30, 2036
Oct 30, 2036
Granted
Jul 28, 2020
Jul 28, 2020
base term
patent term adjustment
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
205
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
2
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 205 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 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 Apr 8, 2016, when application PCT/EP2016/057716, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 5, 2017) | Apr 8, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +205 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 30, 2036 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 30, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,723,591 | this patent Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
1 of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Gainche, Philippe; Kirsch, Michael; Kuczera, Thomas; Lovric, Markan; Madera, Martin; Krieg, Martin; Obert, Mike; Hoffmann, Walter | Thyssenkrupp Elevator AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 11, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Gainche, Philippe; Kirsch, Michael; Kuczera, Thomas; Lovric, Markan; Madera, Martin; Krieg, Martin; Obert, Mike; Hoffmann, Walter | Thyssenkrupp AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 11, 2017 Reel 44351, frame 344 | Kirsch, Michael; Hoffmann, Walter; Kuczera, Thomas; Gainche, Philippe; Obert, Mike; Lovric, Markan; Madera, Martin; Krieg, Martin | Thyssenkrupp Elevator AG; Thyssenkrupp AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 15, 2020 Reel 52945, frame 233 | Thyssenkrupp Elevator AG | Thyssenkrupp Elevator Innovation and Operations AG | Change of Name |
| Jun 16, 2020 Reel 52963, frame 497 | Thyssenkrupp Elevator Innovation and Operations AG | Thyssenkrupp Elevator Innovation and Operations GmbH | Change of Name |
| Jul 7, 2020 Reel 53144, frame 238 | Thyssenkrupp AG | Thyssenkrupp Elevator Innovation and Opertions GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 21, 2020 Reel 53264, frame 547 | Thyssenkrupp AG | Thyssenkrupp Elevator Innovation and Operations GmbH | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Misspelled Assignee Name Inside the Assignment Document to "Thyssenkrupp Elevator Innovation and Operations Gmbh." Previously Recorded on Reel 053144 Frame 0238. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Mar 31, 2022 Reel 59586, frame 258 | Thyssenkrupp Elevator Innovation and Operations GmbH | TK Elevator Innovation and Operations GmbH | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2036
Term ends Oct 30, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 205 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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.