Term ends Nov 9, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 4, 2040
Held by Fusus, LLC
Filed Sep 4, 2020 as application 17/013,008 · Granted Jun 21, 2022
Base term plus 66 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Sep 4, 2020
Sep 4, 2020
Term ends
Nov 9, 2040
Nov 9, 2040
Granted
Jun 21, 2022
Jun 21, 2022
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
66
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.
4
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 66 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 4, 2020, when this application, 17/013,008, was filed | Sep 4, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +66 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 9, 2040 | 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 | Nov 9, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,368,586 | this patent Nov 2040 | Nov 2040 |
| US 11,443,613 | In force Sep 2040 | Sep 2040 |
| US 11,805,202 | In force no later than Sep 2040 | no later than Sep 2040 |
| US 12,676,932 | In force Sep 2040 | Sep 2040 |
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 14, 2021 Reel 56241, frame 358 | Lindenau, Christopher R.; Baldoni, Anthony C.; Robinson, David A.; Merchant, Sahil N. | Fusus, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 5, 2022 Reel 59823, frame 725 | Fusus, LLC | Fusus, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 25, 2024 Reel 66674, frame 643 | Fusus, Inc. | Fusus, LLC | Change of Name |
| Feb 28, 2024 Reel 66698, frame 217 | Fusus, Inc. | Fusus, LLC | Entity Conversion |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2040
Term ends Nov 9, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 66 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2022 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.