Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 21, 2026 (Keybank National Association).
Term ends May 4, 2037 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends May 4, 2037
Held by L-3 Technologies, Inc.
Filed Jun 20, 2024 as application 18/748,937 · Granted Aug 11, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
May 4, 2017
May 4, 2017
Term ends
May 4, 2037
May 4, 2037
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Aug 11, 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 11,410,419, US 11,676,377, US 12,046,035, to May 4, 2037. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows 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 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 May 4, 2017, when application PCT/US2017/031151, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 20, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 4, 2037 | 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 | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,410,419, US 11,676,377, US 12,046,035) | resolves to May 4, 2037, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Further caveats on record | The record names parents not resolved: 17390128, 16319446, 17390128, 16319446 | Low confidence overall | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 4, 2037 | Low confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2017/031151 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,410,419 | In force Sep 2039 | Sep 2039 |
| US 11,676,377 | In force May 2037 | May 2037 |
| US 12,046,035 | In force May 2037 | May 2037 |
| US 12,705,886 | this patent May 2037 | May 2037 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2024 Reel 69127, frame 824 | Burnsed, Jon; Styonavich, Stephen; Iosue, Michael | L-3 Communications Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 4, 2024 Reel 69128, frame 202 | L3 Technologies, Inc. | Eotech, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 4, 2024 Reel 69301, frame 749 | L-3 Communications Corporation | L-3 Technologies, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 21, 2026 Reel 74478, frame 31 | Eotech, LLC | Keybank National Association, As Administrative Agent | Supplement and Confirmation of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
May 2037
Term ends May 4, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,410,419, US 11,676,377, US 12,046,035, 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.