Term ends Jan 31, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 26, 2036
Filed Jun 22, 2018 as application 16/016,520 · Granted Jun 16, 2020
Base term plus 36 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
Dec 26, 2016
Dec 26, 2016
Term ends
Jan 31, 2037
Jan 31, 2037
Granted
Jun 16, 2020
Jun 16, 2020
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
36
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.
8
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 36 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 Dec 26, 2016, when application PCT/KR2016/015297, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 22, 2018) | Dec 26, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +36 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 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 | Jan 31, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,687,281 | this patent Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| US 11,470,595 | In force Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| US 11,356,947 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 12,167,415 | In force no later than Dec 2036 | no later than Dec 2036 |
| Application 18/918,105 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 90/016,432 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 90/016,435 | Pending not computed | not computed |
7 of 8 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 22, 2018 Reel 46185, frame 366 | Son, Juhyung; Kwak, Jinsam; Ko, Geonjung; Ahn, Woojin | Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc.; SK Telecom Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Kwak, Jinsam; Ahn, Woojin; Ko, Geonjung; Son, Juhyung | Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Kwak, Jinsam; Ahn, Woojin; Ko, Geonjung; Son, Juhyung | SK Telecom Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 20, 2024 Reel 67790, frame 700 | SK Telecom Co., Ltd. | Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2037
Term ends Jan 31, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 36 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
84
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
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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.