Collateral for a security interest recorded May 14, 2026 (GLP GV China 2 Holdings Limited, as Successor Lender).
Term ends Nov 10, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 13, 2038
Held by Tompkins Robotics, Inc.
Filed Dec 26, 2018 as application 16/232,669 · Granted Dec 22, 2020
Base term plus 89 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Aug 13, 2018
Aug 13, 2018
Term ends
Nov 10, 2038
Nov 10, 2038
Granted
Dec 22, 2020
Dec 22, 2020
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
89
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,899,542, to Nov 10, 2038. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 89 days past its 20-year base term on 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 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 Aug 13, 2018, when application PCT/US2018/046460, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 26, 2018) | Aug 13, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +89 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 10, 2038 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,899,542) | resolves to Nov 10, 2038, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 10, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2018/046460 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,870,131 | this patent Nov 2038 | Nov 2038 |
| US 10,899,542 | In force Nov 2038 | Nov 2038 |
| Application PCT/US2020/024624 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,572,233 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 11,745,946 | In force no later than Aug 2038 | no later than Aug 2038 |
| US 12,043,486 | In force no later than Aug 2038 | no later than Aug 2038 |
| US 12,722,895 | In force Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 2018 Reel 47853, frame 975 | Futch, Michael C.; Serstad, James M.; Fehrenbacher, Ryan; Patel, Milan; Wells, Ray; Wu, Steven; Kaminska, Richard C., III; Edouard, James; McKnight, Denny; Spain, John C. | Tompkins International | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 22, 2020 Reel 52467, frame 561 | Tompkins International, LLC; Tompkins Robotics, LLC | GLP China Holdings Limited | Security Interest |
| Jun 16, 2020 Reel 52957, frame 820 | Tompkins International | Tompkins Associates, Inc. Dba Tompkins International | Certificate of Assumed Name |
| Feb 11, 2021 Reel 55223, frame 954 | Tompkins Associates, Inc. Dba Tompkins International | Tompkins Robotics, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 22, 2021 Reel 55360, frame 410 | Tompkins Robotics, LLC | Tompkins Robotics, Inc. | Entity Conversion |
| May 14, 2026 Reel 75590, frame 656 | GLP China Holdings Limited, as Retiring Lender | GLP GV China 2 Holdings Limited, as Successor Lender | Assignment of Intellectual Property Security Interests and Agreements Recorded at Reel/Frames 052467/0561 and 053601/0485 |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2038
Term ends Nov 10, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 89 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,899,542, 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.