Term ends Jan 20, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 20, 2036
Held by Equinix, Inc.
Filed Nov 8, 2016 as application 15/345,653 · Granted Jul 17, 2018
USPTO first gave this application the number US 9,986,047 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Jan 20, 2016
Jan 20, 2016
Term ends
Jan 20, 2036
Jan 20, 2036
Granted
Jul 17, 2018
Jul 17, 2018
base term
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.
2 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.
This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 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 Jan 20, 2016, when application 15/001,822, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 8, 2016) | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 20, 2036 | 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 | Lapsed on the fee record 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 | this patent Jan 2036 | Jan 2036 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2036
Term ends Jan 20, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
44
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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
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.