Term ends Jun 30, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 30, 2040
Held by Dexterity, Inc.
Filed Jun 30, 2020 as application 16/916,605 · Granted Feb 2, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2020
Jun 30, 2020
Term ends
Jun 30, 2040
Jun 30, 2040
Granted
Feb 2, 2021
Feb 2, 2021
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 30, 2020, when this application, 16/916,605, was filed | Jun 30, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 30, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,906,188 | this patent Jun 2040 | Jun 2040 |
| Application PCT/US2020/047513 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,752,636 | In force Apr 2041 | Apr 2041 |
| US 12,134,200 | In force Jun 2040 | Jun 2040 |
| Application 18/896,738 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2020 Reel 54129, frame 845 | Sun, Zhouwen; Chavez, Kevin Jose; Menon, Samir; Su, Harry Zhe; Morris-downing, Talbot; Pidaparthi, Rohit Arka; Sharma, Ayush; Wirth, Raphael Georg | Dexterity, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jun 2040
Term ends Jun 30, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
48
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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