Term ends Jan 16, 2035 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 16, 2035
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Arterys Inc.
Filed Nov 5, 2018 as application 16/181,038 · Granted Sep 3, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Jan 16, 2015
Jan 16, 2015
Term ends
Jan 16, 2035
Jan 16, 2035
Granted
Sep 3, 2019
Sep 3, 2019
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.
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.
6
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 16, 2015, when application PCT/US2015/011851, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 5, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jan 16, 2035 | 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 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 16, 2035 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2015/011851 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,117,597 | In force Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
| US 10,331,852 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 10,398,344 | this patent Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| US 11,515,032 | In force May 2036 | May 2036 |
| Application 16/552,239 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 22, 2022 Reel 61857, frame 870 | Arterys Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| May 14, 2026 Reel 74653, frame 610 | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Arterys Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2035
Term ends Jan 16, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
43
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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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.