Term ends Feb 4, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 27, 2036
Held by Adobe Inc.
Filed Jun 27, 2016 as application 15/193,183 · Granted Jan 8, 2019
Base term plus 222 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
Jun 27, 2016
Jun 27, 2016
Term ends
Feb 4, 2037
Feb 4, 2037
Granted
Jan 8, 2019
Jan 8, 2019
base term
patent term adjustment
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
222
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
5
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 runs 222 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Jun 27, 2016, when this application, 15/193,183, was filed | Jun 27, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +222 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 4, 2037 | 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 | Feb 4, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,448,789 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| US 9,645,813 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| US 10,176,496 | this patent Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 10,296,325 | In force Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
| US 10,310,847 | In force Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2016 Reel 39012, frame 443 | Duggal, Ashish; Gupta, Niraj; Gupta, Piyush; Gupta, Raman | Adobe Systems Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 29, 2018 Reel 47680, frame 668 | Adobe Systems Incorporated | Adobe Inc. | Change of Name |
| Apr 8, 2019 Reel 48867, frame 882 | Adobe Systems Incorporated | Adobe Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Feb 2037
Term ends Feb 4, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 222 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.