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Complex Harness

US 12,109,954 In force
OverviewFamilySources & methods

Term ends Apr 18, 2033 · Low confidence

Filed Mar 28, 2024 as application 18/620,166 · Granted Oct 8, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Apr 18, 2013
Term ends
Apr 18, 2033
Granted
Oct 8, 2024
base term Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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 11,077,806, US 11,987,188, to Apr 18, 2033. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
9
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 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 18, 2013, when application 13/865,881, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 28, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Apr 18, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,077,806, US 11,987,188)resolves to Apr 18, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no changeMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 18, 2033Low confidence

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Sources

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