Term ends Sep 5, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 17, 2036
Held by Magna Electronics, LLC
Filed Nov 17, 2017 as application 15/575,257 · Granted Jun 8, 2021
Base term plus 476 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
May 17, 2016
May 17, 2016
Term ends
Sep 5, 2037
Sep 5, 2037
Granted
Jun 8, 2021
Jun 8, 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
476
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.
46
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 476 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 May 17, 2016, when application PCT/EP2016/061014, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 17, 2017) | May 17, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +476 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 5, 2037 | 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 | Sep 5, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 10/372,662 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,592,592 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2021 | Sep 2021 |
| US 8,471,911 | Term ended Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| US 11,360,864 | In force Jul 2037 | Jul 2037 |
| US 11,029,405 | this patent Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| US 11,061,127 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 10,816,660 | In force Jun 2037 | Jun 2037 |
| Application 15/757,172 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2017 Reel 44258, frame 301 | Moss, Jonathan | Autoliv Development AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 19, 2018 Reel 46392, frame 277 | Autoliv Development AB | Veoneer Sweden AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 18, 2024 Reel 66816, frame 846 | Veoneer Sweden AB | Magna Electronics Sweden AB | Change of Name |
| May 10, 2024 Reel 67380, frame 695 | Veoneer US, LLC | Magna Electronics, LLC | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Sep 2037
Term ends Sep 5, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 476 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.