Term ends Jul 25, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 29, 2036
Held by Arterys Inc.
Filed May 25, 2018 as application 15/779,445 · Granted Dec 22, 2020
Base term plus 235 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Nov 29, 2016
Nov 29, 2016
Term ends
Jul 25, 2035
Jul 25, 2035
Granted
Dec 22, 2020
Dec 22, 2020
base term
after the term ends
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
235
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 10,331,852.
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 235 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 Nov 29, 2016, when application PCT/US2016/064029, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 25, 2018) | Nov 29, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +235 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 22, 2037 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,331,852) | capped to Jul 25, 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 25, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2016/064029 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,869,608 | this patent Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 11,633,119 | In force Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| US 12,171,537 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 12,161,451 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 12,788,265 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
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 19, 2019 Reel 49799, frame 687 | Dormer, Kyle; Patni, Hussein; Bidulock, Darryl; Axerio-cilies, John; Taerum, Torin Arni | Arterys Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 22, 2022 Reel 61857, frame 870 | Arterys Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| May 14, 2026 Reel 74653, frame 610 | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Arterys Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2035
Term ends Jul 25, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 235 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 10,331,852.
Citations
26
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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.