Term ended Mar 8, 2024 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 14, 2039
Held by Nextivity, Inc.
Filed May 29, 2024 as application 18/676,848 · Granted Aug 12, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Term ended Mar 8, 2024
2019
2039
Clock starts
Jun 14, 2019
Jun 14, 2019
Term ended
Mar 8, 2024
Mar 8, 2024
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Aug 12, 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 10,812,939, US 11,096,014, US 12,004,044.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.
4
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. 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 Jun 14, 2019, when application 16/442,376, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 29, 2024) | Jun 14, 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 10,812,939, US 11,096,014, US 12,004,044) | capped to Mar 8, 2024 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | No maintenance fee can end the term early | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 8, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,812,939 | In force Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
| US 11,096,014 | In force Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
| US 12,004,044 | Term ended Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
| US 12,389,202 | this patent Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
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 29, 2024 Reel 67548, frame 883 | Lotter, Michiel Petrus | Nextivity, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,812,939, US 11,096,014, US 12,004,044.
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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