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US 12,531,930 In force
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Term ends Sep 3, 2041 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Held by 360 IT, UAB
Filed Aug 2, 2023 as application 18/364,407 · Granted Jan 20, 2026
Base term plus 260 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2041
Clock starts
Dec 17, 2020
Term ends
Sep 3, 2041
Granted
Jan 20, 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
260
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.
7
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 260 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 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 Dec 17, 2020, when application 17/126,012, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 2, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Dec 17, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+260 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 3, 2041High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 3, 2041Medium confidence

This family

US 11,245,670In force
Dec 2040
Dec 2040
US 11,799,833In force
no later than Dec 2040
no later than Dec 2040
US 11,799,834In force
Dec 2040
Dec 2040
US 11,758,001In force
Dec 2040
Dec 2040
US 12,531,930this patent
Sep 2041
Sep 2041
US 12,301,544In force
Dec 2040
Dec 2040
Application 19/422,093Pending
not computed
not computed
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
Aug 2, 2023
Reel 64473, frame 316
Celiesius, Kazimieras; Valkaitis, Mindaugas; Januskevicius, Jovaldas360 IT, UABAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 6, 2025
Reel 70442, frame 179
Celiesius, Kazimieras; Valkaitis, Mindaugas; Januskevicius, JovaldasUAB 360 ITCorrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee from 360 It, Uab to Uab 360 It Previously Recorded on Reel 64473 Frame 316. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.

Sources

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

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