Term ends Dec 30, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 4, 2036
Held by Atracys Sàrl
Filed Sep 4, 2017 as application 15/555,529 · Granted Aug 31, 2021
Base term plus 301 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Mar 4, 2016
Mar 4, 2016
Term ends
Dec 30, 2036
Dec 30, 2036
Granted
Aug 31, 2021
Aug 31, 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
301
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 301 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 Mar 4, 2016, when application PCT/IB2016/051242, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 4, 2017) | Mar 4, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +301 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 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 | Dec 30, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,103,313 | this patent Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| Application 16/847,211 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2020 Reel 52713, frame 92 | Marti, Gaëtan; Hälg, Maurice | Atracys Sàrl | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 28, 2020 Reel 52771, frame 170 | Marti, Gaëtan; Hälg, Maurice | Atracsys Sàrl | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Spelling of the Assignee Name Previously Recorded on Reel 052713 Frame 0092. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
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
Dec 2036
Term ends Dec 30, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 301 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
39
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.