Term ends Dec 5, 2033 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 5, 2033
Held by Autostore Technology As
Filed Nov 21, 2017 as application 15/818,791 · Granted Oct 9, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Dec 5, 2013
Dec 5, 2013
Term ends
Dec 5, 2033
Dec 5, 2033
Granted
Oct 9, 2018
Oct 9, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,862,579, to Dec 5, 2033. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
13
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. 2 of 3 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 Dec 5, 2013, when application PCT/EP2013/075671, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 21, 2017); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 5, 2033 | 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 9,862,579) | resolves to Dec 5, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Further caveats on record | The record names parents not resolved: 15632441, 15411301, 14650757, 14650757 | Low confidence overall | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 5, 2033 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 9,422,108 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 9,656,802 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 9,856,082 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 9,862,579 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 10,093,525 | this patent Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 10,494,239 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 10,696,478 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 11,780,673 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
8 of 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2023 Reel 65532, frame 85 | Autostore Holdings Limited; Autostore As; Autostore Technology As | Ocado Group PLC; Ocado Solutions Limited; Ocado Innovation Limited | License |
| Nov 9, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Autostore As; Autostore Holdings Limited; Autostore Technology As | Ocado Group PLC | License |
| Nov 9, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Autostore As; Autostore Holdings Limited; Autostore Technology As | Ocado Solutions Limited | License |
| Nov 9, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Autostore As; Autostore Holdings Limited; Autostore Technology As | Ocado Innovation Limited | License |
| May 21, 2026 Reel 75623, frame 937 | Hognaland, Ingvar | Autostore Technology As | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2033
Term ends Dec 5, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,862,579, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
30
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.