Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 21, 2026 (Cathay Bank).
Term ends Mar 28, 2042 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 31, 2041
Held by Botrista, Inc.
Filed Jan 31, 2022 as application 17/589,294 · Granted Jul 16, 2024
Base term plus 362 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2021
2042
Clock starts
Mar 31, 2021
Mar 31, 2021
Term ends
Mar 28, 2042
Mar 28, 2042
Granted
Jul 16, 2024
Jul 16, 2024
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
362
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.
27
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 362 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 Mar 31, 2021, when application 17/218,314, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 31, 2022) | Mar 31, 2041 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +362 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 28, 2042 | 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 | Mar 28, 2042 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,597,642 | In force Sep 2041 | Sep 2041 |
| US 11,814,280 | In force Dec 2041 | Dec 2041 |
| US 12,037,236 | this patent Mar 2042 | Mar 2042 |
| US 12,037,235 | In force Jan 2042 | Jan 2042 |
| US 11,807,511 | In force Mar 2041 | Mar 2041 |
| US 11,787,681 | In force Mar 2041 | Mar 2041 |
| US 11,787,682 | In force Mar 2041 | Mar 2041 |
| US 12,077,424 | In force no later than Mar 2041 | no later than Mar 2041 |
8 of 27 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 2, 2022 Reel 58854, frame 877 | Lee, Yu-min; Kuo, Wu-chou | Botrista Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 31, 2023 Reel 64441, frame 798 | Botrista Technology, Inc. | Cathay Bank | Security Interest |
| Apr 11, 2024 Reel 67070, frame 485 | Botrista Technology, Inc. | Botrista, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 13, 2025 Reel 70228, frame 600 | Botrista, Inc., a de Corporation, F/K/A Botrista Technology, Inc. | East West Bank, a California Banking Corporation | Security Interest |
| Aug 20, 2026 Reel 75725, frame 782 | Cathay Bank | Botrista, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2026 Reel 76262, frame 687 | Botrista, Inc. | Cathay Bank | Security Interest |
| Sep 14, 2026 Reel 76484, frame 140 | East West Bank | Botrista, Inc., a de Corporation, F/K/A Botrista Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Mar 2042
Term ends Mar 28, 2042. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 362 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
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