Term ends Jul 4, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 16, 2035
Held by Autostore Technology As
Filed Apr 27, 2018 as application 15/964,084 · Granted Oct 20, 2020
Base term plus 120 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Jun 16, 2015
Jun 16, 2015
Term ends
Jul 4, 2035
Jul 4, 2035
Granted
Oct 20, 2020
Oct 20, 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
120
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,294,025, US 10,882,694.
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.
6
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 120 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Jun 16, 2015, when application PCT/EP2015/063415, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 27, 2018) | Jun 16, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +120 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 14, 2035 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,294,025, US 10,882,694) | capped to Jul 4, 2035 | 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 | Jul 4, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,294,025 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 10,807,796 | this patent Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 10,882,694 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 11,772,892 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| Application 18/454,357 | Pending not computed | not computed |
5 of 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2020 Reel 53780, frame 611 | Hognaland, Ingvar; Fjeldheim, Ivar; Austrheim, Trond; Bekken, Borge | Jakob Hatteland Logistics As | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 16, 2020 Reel 53786, frame 524 | Jakob Hatteland Logistics As | Autostore Technology As | Change of Name |
| Nov 9, 2023 Reel 65532, frame 85 | Autostore Holdings Limited; Autostore As; Autostore Technology As | Ocado Group PLC; Ocado Solutions Limited; Ocado Innovation Limited | License |
| Nov 9, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Autostore As; Autostore Holdings Limited; Autostore Technology As | Ocado Group PLC | License |
| Nov 9, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Autostore As; Autostore Holdings Limited; Autostore Technology As | Ocado Solutions Limited | License |
| Nov 9, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Autostore As; Autostore Holdings Limited; Autostore Technology As | Ocado Innovation Limited | License |
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What's changing
Jul 2035
Term ends Jul 4, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 120 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,294,025, US 10,882,694.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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.