Lapsed Jul 3, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 20, 2036
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Equinix, Inc.
Filed Jan 20, 2016 as application 15/001,766 · Granted Jul 3, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jul 3, 2026
2016
2036
Clock starts
Jan 20, 2016
Jan 20, 2016
No longer in force
Jul 3, 2026
Jul 3, 2026
Granted
Jul 3, 2018
Jul 3, 2018
Term would have run to
Jan 20, 2036
Jan 20, 2036
base term
after the term ends
fee events
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
8
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jan 20, 2036: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jan 20, 2016, when this application, 15/001,766, was filed | Jan 20, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jul 3, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 3, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,021,197 | In force Jan 2036 | Jan 2036 |
| US 10,291,726 | In force Jun 2036 | Jun 2036 |
| US 10,237,355 | In force May 2036 | May 2036 |
| US 10,015,268 | this patent Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 9,967,350 | In force Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
| US 10,250,699 | In force May 2036 | May 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2016/031943 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,027,768 | In force Jan 2036 | Jan 2036 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 2016 Reel 37535, frame 119 | Rao, Ravindra Jn | Equinix, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
140
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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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