In the United States, under current patent law, the term of patent, provided that maintenance fees are paid on time, are: For applications filed on or after June 8, 1995, the patent term is 20 years from the filing date of the earliest U.S. or international (PCT) application to which priority is claimed (excluding provisional applications).
--High Fidelity. The actor who played Steve Urkel, played by Jaleel White, was born on November 27, 1976. (He is currently 38 years old.) The actor who played Steve Urkel, played by Jaleel White, was born on November 27, 1976. (He is currently 38 years old.)
Shani Gofman, now 20, was 17 when her pediatrician first mentioned weight-loss surgery. Credit Richard Perry/The New York Times. Though Shani Gofman had been teased for being fat since the fourth grade, she had learned to deal with it.