Term ends Feb 14, 2040 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 29, 2039
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by PFU Limited
Filed Aug 30, 2023 as application 18/240,296 · Granted Feb 10, 2026
Base term plus 108 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2040
Clock starts
Oct 29, 2019
Oct 29, 2019
Term ends
Feb 14, 2040
Feb 14, 2040
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Feb 10, 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
108
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 108 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 29, 2019, when application 16/667,569, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 30, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 29, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +108 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 14, 2040 | 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 | Feb 14, 2040 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,332,332 | In force Jul 2040 | Jul 2040 |
| US 11,772,918 | In force Oct 2039 | Oct 2039 |
| US 12,545,533 | this patent Feb 2040 | Feb 2040 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2023 Reel 64759, frame 23 | Shimosaka, Kiichiro; Shimura, Masato | PFU Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2040
Term ends Feb 14, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 108 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
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.