Term ends May 22, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 22, 2032
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Lego A/S
Filed Jan 9, 2020 as application 16/738,610 · Granted May 25, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
May 22, 2012
May 22, 2012
Term ends
May 22, 2032
May 22, 2032
Granted
May 25, 2021
May 25, 2021
base term
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,821,242, US 9,827,507, to May 22, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 2 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 May 22, 2012, when application PCT/EP2012/059469, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 9, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 22, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,821,242, US 9,827,507) | resolves to May 22, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 22, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,827,507 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 11,014,014 | this patent May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 11,911,709 | In force no later than Jul 2033 | no later than Jul 2033 |
3 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2021 Reel 55561, frame 56 | Muthyala, Siddharth; Van Beek, Harm Jan; Guyon, Nicolas David Alain; Lasorne, Frantz; Jensen, Mikkel Holm | Lego A/S | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
May 2032
Term ends May 22, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,821,242, US 9,827,507, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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.