Term ends Jun 18, 2039 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 8, 2039
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 11,410,547, US 11,423,773), so the cap could be lower.
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Filed Aug 8, 2019 as application 16/535,527 · Granted Feb 9, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Aug 8, 2019
Aug 8, 2019
Term ends
Jun 18, 2039
Jun 18, 2039
Granted
Feb 9, 2021
Feb 9, 2021
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,699,564, US 11,335,191, US 11,410,547, US 11,423,773.
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.
10
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 8, 2019, when this application, 16/535,527, was filed | Aug 8, 2039 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,699,564, US 11,335,191, US 11,410,547, US 11,423,773) | capped to Jun 18, 2039 | Medium 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 18, 2039 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,916,127 | this patent Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
| US 11,443,617 | In force no later than Aug 2039 | no later than Aug 2039 |
| US 11,335,189 | In force Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
| US 11,341,846 | In force Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
| US 11,335,191 | In force Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
| US 11,403,938 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 11,450,202 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 11,710,073 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2020 Reel 52807, frame 440 | Lewis, Daniel Jacob; Zhang, Xiaochen; Nguyen, Brenda | Geotab | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jun 2039
Term ends Jun 18, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,699,564, US 11,335,191, US 11,410,547, US 11,423,773.
Citations
27
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.
How we rank
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