Term ends Apr 14, 2043 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 27, 2042
Filed Jul 27, 2022 as application 17/874,626 · Granted Apr 28, 2026
Base term plus 261 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2022
2043
Clock starts
Jul 27, 2022
Jul 27, 2022
Term ends
Apr 14, 2043
Apr 14, 2043
Granted
Apr 28, 2026
Apr 28, 2026
base term
patent term adjustment
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
261
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.
14
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 261 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 Jul 27, 2022, when this application, 17/874,626, was filed | Jul 27, 2042 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +261 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 14, 2043 | 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 | Apr 14, 2043 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,484,580 | Term ended Apr 2021 | Apr 2021 |
| US 7,796,174 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 10,598,924 | In force Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| US 10,271,179 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 11,598,628 | In force Jan 2042 | Jan 2042 |
| US 11,606,549 | In force Mar 2041 | Mar 2041 |
| Application 63/251,474 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 12,613,132 | this patent Apr 2043 | Apr 2043 |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2022 Reel 60652, frame 459 | Leisso, Nathan | Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 4, 2024 Reel 67006, frame 411 | Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. | BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2043
Term ends Apr 14, 2043. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 261 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
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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.