Term ends Apr 24, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 16, 2040
Held by Touchcast, LLC
Filed Mar 16, 2020 as application 16/820,573 · Granted Nov 1, 2022
Base term plus 39 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Mar 16, 2020
Mar 16, 2020
Term ends
Apr 24, 2040
Apr 24, 2040
Granted
Nov 1, 2022
Nov 1, 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
39
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.
46
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 39 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 16, 2020, when this application, 16/820,573, was filed | Mar 16, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +39 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 24, 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 | Apr 24, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,508,614 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 9,036,043 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 9,363,448 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| Application 62/031,114 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 62/040,970 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,666,231 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 9,661,256 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| Application 62/242,029 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2022 Reel 60871, frame 194 | Segal, Edo | Touchcast, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 4, 2026 Reel 73690, frame 493 | Touchcast, Inc. | Salerno, Michael | Security Interest |
| Feb 4, 2026 Reel 74613, frame 464 | Touchcast, Inc., F/K/A Touchcast, LLC | Salerno, Michael | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 11, 2026 Reel 75712, frame 381 | TC Merger Sub Inc. | Touchcast, Inc. | Merger |
| Jun 11, 2026 Reel 76566, frame 616 | Touchcast, Inc.; TC Merger Sub 2 LLC | Touchcast, LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2040
Term ends Apr 24, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 39 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
34
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
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.