Term ends Jan 12, 2042 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 25, 2041
Held by Textron Systems Corporation
Filed Mar 25, 2021 as application 17/212,146 · Granted Nov 26, 2024
Base term plus 293 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2021
2042
Clock starts
Mar 25, 2021
Mar 25, 2021
Term ends
Jan 12, 2042
Jan 12, 2042
Granted
Nov 26, 2024
Nov 26, 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
293
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.
23
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 293 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 25, 2021, when this application, 17/212,146, was filed | Mar 25, 2041 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +293 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 12, 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 | Jan 12, 2042 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2026/021157 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,044,465 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 11,542,004 | In force Mar 2041 | Mar 2041 |
| Application 63/064,628 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US 12,151,801 | this patent Jan 2042 | Jan 2042 |
| US 11,801,904 | In force Jan 2042 | Jan 2042 |
| Application 63/304,226 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 63/389,460 | Pending not computed | not computed |
8 of 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2021 Reel 56137, frame 845 | Baity, Sean Marshall | Textron Systems Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2042
Term ends Jan 12, 2042. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 293 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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