Term ends Mar 31, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 2, 2033
Held by Orbotech Ltd.
Filed Aug 2, 2013 as application 13/958,043 · Granted Jan 14, 2020
Base term plus 1337 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2037
Clock starts
Aug 2, 2013
Aug 2, 2013
Term ends
Mar 31, 2037
Mar 31, 2037
Granted
Jan 14, 2020
Jan 14, 2020
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
1,337
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
3
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 1337 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Aug 2, 2013, when this application, 13/958,043, was filed | Aug 2, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1337 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 31, 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 31, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,537,027 | this patent Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| Application 16/689,262 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,464,114 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2013 Reel 31233, frame 488 | Kotler, Zvi; Zenou, Michael | Orbotech Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 7, 2016 Reel 38021, frame 1 | Orbotech Ltd. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jul 5, 2016 Reel 39256, frame 711 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Orbotech Limited | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2037
Term ends Mar 31, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1337 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
19
later US patents cite this one
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