Term ends Nov 8, 2038 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 10, 2039
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 10,764,584), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd.
Filed Oct 27, 2023 as application 18/496,610 · Granted Apr 8, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Jun 10, 2019
Jun 10, 2019
Term ends
Nov 8, 2038
Nov 8, 2038
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Apr 8, 2025
base term
after the term ends
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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,764,584.
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.
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. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 3 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 Jun 10, 2019, when application PCT/KR2019/006961, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 27, 2023) | Jun 10, 2039 | 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 10,764,584) | capped to Nov 8, 2038 | Medium 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 | Nov 8, 2038 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,284,099 | In force Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
| US 11,838,527 | In force Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
| US 12,273,546 | this patent Nov 2038 | Nov 2038 |
| Application 19/079,434 | Pending not computed | not computed |
4 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2023 Reel 65626, frame 322 | Sim, Dong Gyu; Park, Sea Nae | Kwangwoon University Industry-Academic Collaboration Foundation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 17, 2023 Reel 65606, frame 460 | Kwangwoon University Industry-Academic Collaboration Foundation | Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 17, 2023 Reel 65626, frame 271 | Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. | Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd. | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Nov 2038
Term ends Nov 8, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,764,584.
Citations
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