Term ends Sep 2, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 2, 2031
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 9,965,542), so the cap could be lower.
Filed May 13, 2019 as application 16/410,716 · Granted Sep 8, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Sep 2, 2011
Sep 2, 2011
Term ends
Sep 2, 2031
Sep 2, 2031
Granted
Sep 8, 2020
Sep 8, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,430,443, US 9,305,012, US 9,965,542, to Sep 2, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Sep 2, 2011, when application 13/224,415, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 13, 2019) | Sep 2, 2031 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,430,443, US 9,305,012, US 9,965,542) | resolves to Sep 2, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 2, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,645,978 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2022 | Feb 2022 |
| US 9,305,012 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| US 9,965,542 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2022 | May 2022 |
| US 10,430,443 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 10,769,177 | this patent Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 11,372,897 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| Application 17/825,658 | Abandoned 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2019 Reel 49162, frame 442 | Bernbo, Stefan; Melander, Christian; Persson, Roger; Petersson, Gustav | Pure Storage, Inc., a Delaware Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 26, 2020 Reel 53867, frame 581 | Pure Storage, Inc. | Barclays Bank PLC as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2025 Reel 71558, frame 523 | Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent | Pure Storage, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
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What's changing
Sep 2031
Term ends Sep 2, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,430,443, US 9,305,012, US 9,965,542, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below 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.