Term ends Jan 10, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 10, 2039
Held by Simbe Robotics, Inc.
Filed Jan 10, 2019 as application 16/245,117 · Granted Jun 16, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Jan 10, 2019
Jan 10, 2019
Term ends
Jan 10, 2039
Jan 10, 2039
Granted
Jun 16, 2020
Jun 16, 2020
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.
7
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
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 10, 2019, when this application, 16/245,117, was filed | Jan 10, 2039 | 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 | Jan 10, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,846,657 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 10,684,623 | this patent Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 11,257,141 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| Application 16/865,825 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 17/075,613 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,561,729 | In force Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
| Application 19/458,191 | Pending 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2019 Reel 49367, frame 405 | Bogolea, Bradley; Tiwari, Durgesh | Simbe Robotics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 17, 2023 Reel 63669, frame 757 | Simbe Robotics, Inc. | Eastward Fund Management, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jan 4, 2024 Reel 66023, frame 126 | Eastward Fund Management, LLC | Simbe Robotics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2039
Term ends Jan 10, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
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