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Term ends Dec 26, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Sep 7, 2018 as application 16/125,054 · Granted Mar 30, 2021
Base term plus 294 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Mar 7, 2017
Term ends
Dec 26, 2037
Granted
Mar 30, 2021
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
294
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.
14
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 294 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 7, 2017, when application PCT/US2017/021120, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 7, 2018)Mar 7, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+294 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 26, 2037High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 26, 2037High confidence

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Application PCT/US2017/021120PCT application
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Application PCT/US2017/055938PCT application
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Application PCT/US2018/015403PCT application
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Application PCT/US2018/040269PCT application
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Application PCT/US2018/042346PCT application
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US 10,962,370this patent
Dec 2037
Dec 2037
US 11,567,201In force
Jun 2038
Jun 2038
Application 16/520,503Abandoned
not computed
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8 of 14 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 12, 2018
Reel 47753, frame 729
Zhang, Ji; Singh, SanjivKaarta, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 16, 2023
Reel 64603, frame 891
Kaarta, Inc.Carnegie Mellon UniversityAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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