Term ends Apr 4, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 16, 2036
Held by AMD Design, LLC
Filed Mar 6, 2018 as application 15/913,210 · Granted Mar 10, 2020
Base term plus 19 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Mar 16, 2016
Mar 16, 2016
Term ends
Apr 4, 2036
Apr 4, 2036
Granted
Mar 10, 2020
Mar 10, 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
19
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 19 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 Mar 16, 2016, when application 15/071,547, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 6, 2018) | Mar 16, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +19 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 4, 2036 | 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 | Apr 4, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,222,843 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 11,216,048 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| US 10,585,466 | this patent Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
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 6, 2018 Reel 45121, frame 191 | Lin, Ting Yu; Chen, Cheng | ZT Group Int'l, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 1, 2021 Reel 55810, frame 730 | ZT Group Int'l, Inc. | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | Security Agreement |
| Mar 31, 2025 Reel 70688, frame 158 | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | ZT Group Int’l, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 21, 2025 Reel 73140, frame 186 | ZT Group Int’l, Inc. | AMD Design, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2036
Term ends Apr 4, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 19 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2020 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.