Term ends Jun 17, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 4, 2037
Held by Poe-X Pty Ltd.
Filed Feb 4, 2020 as application 16/636,462 · Granted Sep 12, 2023
Base term plus 317 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2038
Clock starts
Aug 4, 2017
Aug 4, 2017
Term ends
Jun 17, 2038
Jun 17, 2038
Granted
Sep 12, 2023
Sep 12, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
317
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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 317 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Aug 4, 2017, when application PCT/AU2017/000160, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 4, 2020) | Aug 4, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +317 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 17, 2038 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 17, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,757,664 | this patent Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| US 11,894,935 | In force no later than Aug 2037 | no later than Aug 2037 |
| US 11,522,728 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
3 of 4 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 4, 2020 Reel 51715, frame 959 | Boemi, Norman Samuel; Bull, David John; Bull, James; Meyer, Stephan; BCS Online Pty Ltd. | Electrical Engineering Solutions Pty Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 16, 2023 Reel 64606, frame 553 | Electrical Engineering Solutions Pty Ltd. | Poe-X Pty Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2038
Term ends Jun 17, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 317 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2023 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.