Term ends Apr 12, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 21, 2036
Filed Aug 11, 2017 as application 15/674,990 · Granted Sep 29, 2020
Base term plus 112 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
Dec 21, 2016
Dec 21, 2016
Term ends
Apr 12, 2037
Apr 12, 2037
Granted
Sep 29, 2020
Sep 29, 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
112
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 112 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 21, 2016, when application 15/386,220, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 11, 2017) | Dec 21, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +112 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 12, 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 | Apr 12, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,133,944 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 10,229,341 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 10,282,615 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| US 10,789,495 | this patent Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| US 10,235,565 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 10,387,741 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 10,423,856 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 10,387,725 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2017 Reel 43270, frame 162 | Zink, Edmund Dawes; Hauger, Douglas Allen; Gipson, Jerramy L.; Khorasani, Allen; Junge, Lutz; Kuepper, Nils; Busse, Andreas; George, Nikhil J. | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 18, 2017 Reel 43614, frame 238 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. | Volkswagen AG; Audi AG; Porsche AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 18, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. | Volkswagen AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 18, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. | Audi AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 18, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. | Porsche AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2037
Term ends Apr 12, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 112 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
6
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.