Term ends Jul 18, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 18, 2038
Held by Legrand DPC, LLC
Filed Apr 12, 2021 as application 17/227,712 · Granted Aug 9, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Jul 18, 2018
Jul 18, 2018
Term ends
Jul 18, 2038
Jul 18, 2038
Granted
Aug 9, 2022
Aug 9, 2022
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,978,839, to Jul 18, 2038. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
8
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Jul 18, 2018, when application 16/039,211, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 12, 2021) | Jul 18, 2038 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,978,839) | resolves to Jul 18, 2038, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Jul 18, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,517,188 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| US 10,236,648 | In force Jun 2036 | Jun 2036 |
| US 10,978,839 | In force Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 11,095,081 | In force Jun 2036 | Jun 2036 |
| US 11,375,636 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 11,411,358 | this patent Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 11,557,868 | In force Jun 2036 | Jun 2036 |
| US 11,901,681 | In force Jun 2036 | Jun 2036 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 2021 Reel 55890, frame 879 | Bhakta, Vimal; Moll, Nate; Martinez, Jose; Barker, Dominic | Server Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 22, 2024 Reel 67505, frame 949 | Server Technology, Inc. | Legrand DPC, LLC | Merger |
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What's changing
Jul 2038
Term ends Jul 18, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,978,839, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
21
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.