Term ends Nov 23, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 20, 2041
Held by Taptextllc
Filed Mar 2, 2021 as application 17/190,260 · Granted Dec 20, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2021
2041
Clock starts
Jan 20, 2021
Jan 20, 2021
Term ends
Nov 23, 2039
Nov 23, 2039
Granted
Dec 20, 2022
Dec 20, 2022
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,055,736.
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.
77
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 resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Jan 20, 2021, when application 17/153,426, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 2, 2021) | Jan 20, 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,055,736) | capped to Nov 23, 2039 | 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 23, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,270,354 | In force Nov 2039 | Nov 2039 |
| US 11,403,666 | In force Nov 2039 | Nov 2039 |
| Application PCT/US2020/044122 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,055,736 | In force Nov 2039 | Nov 2039 |
| Application PCT/US2021/014150 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 17/153,426 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,532,020 | this patent Nov 2039 | Nov 2039 |
| Application 17/191,977 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 77 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2021 Reel 56092, frame 52 | Doumar, Steve | Taptextllc | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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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
Nov 2039
Term ends Nov 23, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,055,736.
Citations
9
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
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.