Term ends Jul 28, 2042 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 19, 2040
Held by Ternell Co., Ltd.
Filed Feb 17, 2022 as application 17/636,328 · Granted Jan 6, 2026
Base term plus 616 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2020
2042
Clock starts
Nov 19, 2020
Nov 19, 2020
Term ends
Jul 28, 2042
Jul 28, 2042
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Jan 6, 2026
base term
patent term adjustment
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
616
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.
3
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 runs 616 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, 2020, when application PCT/KR2020/016414, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 17, 2022) | Nov 19, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +616 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 28, 2042 | 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 | Jul 28, 2042 | High confidence |
This family
| US 12,520,539 | this patent Jul 2042 | Jul 2042 |
| Application 19/423,784 | Pending not computed | not computed |
2 of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2022 Reel 59180, frame 351 | Kim, Kyung Rok; Chang, Ji Won; Jeong, Jae Won; Choi, Youngeun; Kim, Wooseok | Unist(Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 22, 2026 Reel 74440, frame 263 | Unist(Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology) | Ternell Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2042
Term ends Jul 28, 2042. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 616 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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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.