Also listed on Initial State Technologies, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Aug 10, 2043 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 19, 2041
Held by Tektronix, Inc.
Filed Nov 19, 2021 as application 17/531,335 · Granted Jul 8, 2025
Base term plus 629 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2021
2043
Clock starts
Nov 19, 2021
Nov 19, 2021
Term ends
Aug 10, 2043
Aug 10, 2043
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Jul 8, 2025
base term
patent term adjustment
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
629
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.
This patent's term runs 629 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 Nov 19, 2021, when this application, 17/531,335, was filed | Nov 19, 2041 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +629 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 10, 2043 | 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 | Aug 10, 2043 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 2022 Reel 61958, frame 80 | Bailey, James R.; Kuhlman, Frederick B., III; Buida, Thomas; Reeves, Adam M.; Waldo, Gary J. | Initial State Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 4, 2024 Reel 66023, frame 297 | Initial State Technologies, Inc. | Tektronix, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2043
Term ends Aug 10, 2043. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 629 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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.