Term ends Nov 30, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 30, 2038
Held by Howso Incorporated
Filed Oct 10, 2022 as application 17/962,820 · Granted Nov 21, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Nov 30, 2018
Nov 30, 2018
Term ends
Nov 30, 2038
Nov 30, 2038
Granted
Nov 21, 2023
Nov 21, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,528,877, US 11,176,465, US 11,361,232, US 11,494,669, US 11,741,382, to Nov 30, 2038. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
7
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. 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 Nov 30, 2018, when applications 16/205,373, 16/205,394 and 16/205,413, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Oct 10, 2022) | Nov 30, 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 10,528,877, US 11,176,465, US 11,361,232, US 11,494,669, US 11,741,382) | resolves to Nov 30, 2038, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Nov 30, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,361,232 | In force Nov 2038 | Nov 2038 |
| US 11,361,231 | In force Nov 2038 | Nov 2038 |
| US 10,528,877 | In force Nov 2038 | Nov 2038 |
| US 11,494,669 | In force Nov 2038 | Nov 2038 |
| US 11,823,080 | this patent Nov 2038 | Nov 2038 |
| US 12,141,714 | In force no later than Nov 2038 | no later than Nov 2038 |
| Application 18/926,520 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2022 Reel 61780, frame 474 | Hazard, Christopher James; Fusting, Christopher; Resnick, Michael | Diveplane Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 31, 2023 Reel 62554, frame 106 | Diveplane Corporation | Western Alliance Bank | Security Interest |
| Sep 22, 2023 Reel 65021, frame 691 | Diveplane Corporation | Howso Incorporated | Change of Name |
| Sep 28, 2023 Reel 65081, frame 559 | Diveplane Corporation | Howso Incorporated | Change of Name |
| Oct 30, 2023 Reel 65382, frame 972 | Hazard, Christopher James; Resnick, Michael | Diveplane Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 22, 2025 Reel 69988, frame 38 | Western Alliance Bank | Howso Incorporated | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2038
Term ends Nov 30, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,528,877, US 11,176,465, US 11,361,232, US 11,494,669, US 11,741,382, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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.