Term ends Jun 12, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 7, 2038
Held by Smartlens, Inc.
Filed Sep 7, 2018 as application 16/124,630 · Granted Jan 26, 2021
Base term plus 278 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2039
Clock starts
Sep 7, 2018
Sep 7, 2018
Term ends
Jun 12, 2039
Jun 12, 2039
Granted
Jan 26, 2021
Jan 26, 2021
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
278
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.
5
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 278 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 Sep 7, 2018, when this application, 16/124,630, was filed | Sep 7, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +278 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 12, 2039 | 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 | Jun 12, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,898,074 | this patent Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
| US 11,759,107 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 12,262,950 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US 12,440,103 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| Application 19/313,351 | Pending 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2018 Reel 46813, frame 162 | Araci, Ismail Emre; Agaoglu, Sevda; Baday, Murat; Diep, Priscilla | Santa Clara University | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 16, 2019 Reel 48081, frame 975 | Santa Clara University | Smartlens, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2039
Term ends Jun 12, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 278 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2021 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.