Term ends Jun 3, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 16, 2033
Held by Highcon Systems Ltd.
Filed Mar 10, 2015 as application 14/427,022 · Granted Jul 13, 2021
Base term plus 991 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2036
Clock starts
Sep 16, 2013
Sep 16, 2013
Term ends
Jun 3, 2036
Jun 3, 2036
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Jul 13, 2021
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
991
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.
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 991 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 Sep 16, 2013, when application PCT/IL2013/000071, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 10, 2015) | Sep 16, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +991 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 3, 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 | Jun 3, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,059,253 | this patent Jun 2036 | Jun 2036 |
| US 12,552,125 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
2 of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2015 Reel 35167, frame 365 | Zimmer, Michael | 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
Jun 2036
Term ends Jun 3, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 991 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2021 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.