Term ends Oct 31, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 31, 2038
Held by Microvision, Inc.
Filed Oct 31, 2018 as application 16/176,607 · Granted Dec 17, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Oct 31, 2018
Oct 31, 2018
Term ends
Oct 31, 2038
Oct 31, 2038
Granted
Dec 17, 2019
Dec 17, 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.
10
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: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 31, 2018, when this application, 16/176,607, was filed | Oct 31, 2038 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 31, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,627,521 | In force Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
| Application 16/176,509 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,514,462 | In force Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
| US 10,984,257 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 10,768,304 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 10,754,037 | In force May 2039 | May 2039 |
| US 10,509,127 | this patent Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
| US 10,473,788 | In force Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2019 Reel 49499, frame 694 | Englard, Benjamin; Danziger, Eric C.; Augenbraun, Joseph; Russell, Austin K. | Luminar Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 5, 2021 Reel 55508, frame 657 | Lazr, Inc. | Luminar Holdco, LLC | Merger |
| Mar 5, 2021 Reel 55516, frame 227 | Luminar Technologies, Inc. | Lazr, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Nov 11, 2022 Reel 61931, frame 445 | Luminar Holdco, LLC | Luminar, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jul 25, 2023 Reel 64371, frame 452 | Luminar, LLC | Luminar Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 6, 2024 Reel 69312, frame 669 | Luminar Technologies, Inc.; Luminar , LLC; Freedom Photonics LLC | Glas Trust Company LLC | Security Interest |
| Nov 6, 2024 Reel 69312, frame 713 | Liminar Technologies, Inc.; Luminar, LLC; Freedom Photonics LLC | Glas Trust Company LLC | Security Interest |
| Nov 27, 2024 Reel 69990, frame 772 | Luminar Technologies, Inc.; Luminar , LLC; Freedom Photonics LLC | Glas Trust Company LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Name of the First Conveying Party Previously Recorded at Reel: 69312 Frame: 713. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Feb 4, 2026 Reel 74944, frame 658 | Glas Trust Company LLC | Luminar Technologies, Inc.; Luminar LLC | Partial Release of Security Interest in Patents and Trademarks |
| Feb 4, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Glas Trust Company LLC | Luminar Technologies, Inc. | Partial Release of Security Interest in Patents and Trademarks |
| Feb 4, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Glas Trust Company LLC | Luminar LLC | Partial Release of Security Interest in Patents and Trademarks |
| Feb 6, 2026 Reel 74733, frame 220 | Glas Trust Company LLC | Luminar Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 6, 2026 Reel 75282, frame 141 | Luminar Technologies, Inc. | Microvision, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Oct 2038
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