Term ends Oct 1, 2033 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 1, 2033
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by BMIC LLC
Filed Nov 2, 2022 as application 17/979,082 · Granted Nov 21, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Oct 1, 2013
Oct 1, 2013
Term ends
Oct 1, 2033
Oct 1, 2033
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
5
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 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Oct 1, 2013, when application 14/042,789, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 2, 2022); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 1, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 1, 2033 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,187,005 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| Application 16/202,414 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,496,087 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 11,824,482 | this patent Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 12,525,912 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2033
Term ends Oct 1, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
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later US patents cite this one
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