Term ends Aug 15, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 15, 2036
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 12,217,226), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Alegeus Technologies, LLC
Filed Aug 26, 2024 as application 18/815,146 · Granted Dec 31, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Aug 15, 2016
Aug 15, 2016
Term ends
Aug 15, 2036
Aug 15, 2036
Granted
Dec 31, 2024
Dec 31, 2024
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 12,217,226, to Aug 15, 2036. 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.
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 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 Aug 15, 2016, when application 15/237,340, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 26, 2024) | Aug 15, 2036 | 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 12,217,226) | resolves to Aug 15, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium 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 | Aug 15, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,521,778 | In force Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
| US 11,367,058 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 11,727,370 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 12,217,226 | In force no later than Aug 2036 | no later than Aug 2036 |
| US 12,182,778 | this patent Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 12,762,520 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 12,561,657 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
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 14, 2024 Reel 69262, frame 419 | Bull, John; Rodkey, Christopher | Alegeus Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2036
Term ends Aug 15, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 12,217,226, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.