Term ends Nov 20, 2029 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Boa Technology, Inc.

Filed Apr 24, 2023 as application 18/306,064 · Granted Oct 10, 2023

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Nov 20, 2029

2009 2029

Clock starts
Nov 20, 2009

Term ends
Nov 20, 2029

Granted
Oct 10, 2023

base term 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.

None

Terminal disclaimer

No disclaimer on this record.

0 of 1

Maintenance fees paid

One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.

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. 0 of 1 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 Nov 20, 2009, when application 12/623,362, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 24, 2023)	Nov 20, 2029	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	None on record	no cap applied	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	0 of 1 maintenance fees paid	In force	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Nov 20, 2029	High confidence

This family

US 8,468,657	In force Jun 2031	Jun 2031
US 9,259,056	In force (reinstated) Mar 2030	Mar 2030
US 9,138,030	In force (reinstated) Nov 2029	Nov 2029
US 10,123,589	In force Sep 2030	Sep 2030
US 10,863,796	In force Mar 2030	Mar 2030
US 11,737,519	In force Nov 2029	Nov 2029
US 11,779,083	this patent Nov 2029	Nov 2029
Application 18/460,147	Pending not computed	not computed

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 8, 2023 Reel 63566, frame 441	Soderberg, Mark S.; Nickel, Michael Joseph; Cavanagh, Sean; Goodman, James Paul	Boa Technology, Inc.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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What's changing

Nov 2029

Term ends Nov 20, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then

Citations

later US patents cite this one

That is below the median 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.

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