Term ends Oct 1, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 1, 2033
Held by BMIC LLC
Filed Oct 13, 2023 as application 18/486,895 · Granted Jan 13, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Oct 1, 2013
Oct 1, 2013
Term ends
Oct 1, 2033
Oct 1, 2033
Granted
Jan 13, 2026
Jan 13, 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 11,824,482, to Oct 1, 2033. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
5
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 1 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 Oct 1, 2013, when application 14/042,789, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 13, 2023) | Oct 1, 2033 | 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 11,824,482) | resolves to Oct 1, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 1, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,187,005 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| Application 16/202,414 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,496,087 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 11,824,482 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 12,525,912 | this patent Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2033
Term ends Oct 1, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,824,482, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
We have no citation count for this patent yet. That is not the same as never having been cited.
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.