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US 12,517,618 In force
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Term ends Feb 4, 2035 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 12,086,370), so the cap could be lower.

Held by Hideep Inc.
Filed Sep 6, 2024 as application 18/827,475 · Granted Jan 6, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Feb 4, 2015
Term ends
Feb 4, 2035
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
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 12,086,370, to Feb 4, 2035. 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.
6
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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 4, 2015, when application 14/614,086, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 6, 2024)Feb 4, 2035High 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 12,086,370)resolves to Feb 4, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no changeMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 4, 2035Medium confidence

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US 12,086,370In force
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US 12,517,618this patent
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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 6, 2024
Reel 68517, frame 192
Kim, Seyeob; Yoon, Sangsic; Kwon, Sunyoung; Moon, Hojun; Kim, Taehoon; Kim, BonkeeHideep Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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