Term ends Aug 18, 2036 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 18, 2036
Grace period ended Nov 6, 2026 · no payment on record as of the Nov 10, 2026 fee file · lapse expected
Held by Gingy Technology Inc.
Filed Mar 30, 2018 as application 15/942,386 · Granted Nov 6, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Aug 18, 2016
Aug 18, 2016
Term ends
Aug 18, 2036
Aug 18, 2036
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
Nov 6, 2018
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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 9,964,436, to Aug 18, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
21
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Low: the grace period for its second maintenance fee ended Nov 6, 2026 with no payment on record. 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 Aug 18, 2016, when application 15/239,842, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 30, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 18, 2036 | 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 9,964,436) | resolves to Aug 18, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds; the fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case"; the grace period ended with no payment on record in the fee file | grace period ended Nov 6, 2026 | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 18, 2036 | Low confidence |
This family
| Application 14/835,130 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,770,199 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 9,977,947 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 10,049,256 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 10,356,296 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2023 | Jul 2023 |
| US 10,043,847 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 10,713,521 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2024 | Jul 2024 |
| US 9,964,436 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2026 | May 2026 |
8 of 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2018 Reel 45402, frame 687 | Chung, Chuck; Wu, Jen-chieh | Gingy Technology Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Nov 6
Grace period ended Nov 6, 2026 with no payment on record. The term ends early once USPTO posts the lapse
Aug 2036
Term ends Aug 18, 2036.
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,964,436, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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.