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US 12,301,544 In force
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Term ends Dec 17, 2040 · High confidence

Held by 360 IT, UAB
Filed Sep 14, 2023 as application 18/466,999 · Granted May 13, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2040
Clock starts
Dec 17, 2020
Term ends
Dec 17, 2040
Granted
May 13, 2025
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 11,245,670, US 11,799,834, to Dec 17, 2040. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 17, 2020, when application 17/126,012, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 14, 2023)Dec 17, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,245,670, US 11,799,834)resolves to Dec 17, 2040, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 17, 2040High confidence

This family

US 11,245,670In force
Dec 2040
Dec 2040
US 11,799,833In force
no later than Dec 2040
no later than Dec 2040
US 11,799,834In force
Dec 2040
Dec 2040
US 11,758,001In force
Dec 2040
Dec 2040
US 12,531,930In force
Sep 2041
Sep 2041
US 12,301,544this patent
Dec 2040
Dec 2040
Application 19/422,093Pending
not computed
not computed
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 14, 2023
Reel 64902, frame 134
Celiesius, Kazimieras; Valkaitis, Mindaugas360 IT, UABAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 6, 2025
Reel 70442, frame 277
Celiesius, Kazimieras; Valkaitis, MindaugasUAB 360 ITCorrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee from 360 It, Uab to Uab 360 It Previously Recorded on Reel 64902 Frame 134. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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