Term ends Nov 15, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 2, 2038
Held by Torc CND Robotics, Inc.
Filed Jul 2, 2018 as application 16/025,776 · Granted Jul 14, 2020
Base term plus 136 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Jul 2, 2018
Jul 2, 2018
Term ends
Nov 15, 2038
Nov 15, 2038
Granted
Jul 14, 2020
Jul 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
136
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.
16
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 136 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 Jul 2, 2018, when this application, 16/025,776, was filed | Jul 2, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +136 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 15, 2038 | 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 | Nov 15, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,713,537 | this patent Nov 2038 | Nov 2038 |
| US 11,295,176 | In force Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 11,783,231 | In force Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 12,482,068 | In force Nov 2040 | Nov 2040 |
| US 11,790,272 | In force Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 11,809,975 | In force Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 12,112,248 | In force Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| Application 18/526,787 | Pending not computed | not computed |
8 of 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2018 Reel 46255, frame 466 | Heide, Felix | Algolux Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 7, 2020 Reel 53430, frame 772 | Algolux Inc. | Algolux Inc. | Change of Address |
| Jun 21, 2022 Reel 60259, frame 88 | Algolux Inc.; Algolux (USA) Inc. | Royal Bank of Canada | Security Interest |
| Apr 6, 2023 Reel 63245, frame 485 | Royal Bank of Canada | Algolux Inc.; Algolux (USA) Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 6, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Algolux Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 6, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Algolux (USA) Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 27, 2023 Reel 64087, frame 491 | Algolux Inc. | Torc CND Robotics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2038
Term ends Nov 15, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 136 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
17
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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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