Term ends Aug 12, 2041 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 8, 2040
Held by Tyco Electronics - Simel
Filed Mar 9, 2022 as application 17/690,785 · Granted Mar 24, 2026
Base term plus 338 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2020
2041
Clock starts
Sep 8, 2020
Sep 8, 2020
Term ends
Aug 12, 2041
Aug 12, 2041
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Mar 24, 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
338
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.
2
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 338 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 Sep 8, 2020, when application PCT/EP2020/074990, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 9, 2022) | Sep 8, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +338 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 12, 2041 | 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 | Aug 12, 2041 | High confidence |
This family
| US 12,584,510 | this patent Aug 2041 | Aug 2041 |
1 of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2022 Reel 59233, frame 706 | Dossmann, Julien | Tyco Electronics - Simel | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Aug 2041
Term ends Aug 12, 2041. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 338 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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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.