Term ends Feb 3, 2041 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 3, 2041
Held by RO5 Inc.
Filed Feb 9, 2021 as application 17/171,494 · Granted Nov 16, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2021
2041
Clock starts
Feb 3, 2021
Feb 3, 2021
Term ends
Feb 3, 2041
Feb 3, 2041
Granted
Nov 16, 2021
Nov 16, 2021
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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 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.
23
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 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 Feb 3, 2021, when application 17/166,435, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 9, 2021) | Feb 3, 2041 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 3, 2041 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,080,607 | In force Feb 2041 | Feb 2041 |
| US 11,176,462 | this patent Feb 2041 | Feb 2041 |
| US 11,615,324 | In force Feb 2041 | Feb 2041 |
| Application 17/175,832 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,257,594 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US 11,256,994 | In force Feb 2041 | Feb 2041 |
| US 11,256,995 | In force Feb 2041 | Feb 2041 |
| Application 17/313,831 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 23 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 10, 2021 Reel 55221, frame 248 | Bastas, Orestis; Bucher, Alwin; Pabrinkis, Aurimas; Demtchenko, Mikhail; Yang, Zeyu | RO5 Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 1, 2025 Reel 69714, frame 232 | Jamieson, Cooper Stergis; Jocys, Zygimantas; Tal, Roy; Knuff, Charles Dazler | RO5 Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 10, 2026 Reel 75742, frame 84 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Akrion Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2041
Term ends Feb 3, 2041. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
3
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
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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.