Also listed on Cymer, LLC, an earlier holder on the record.
Term ends Jul 31, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 16, 2037
Held by ASML Netherlands B.V.
Filed Jul 3, 2019 as application 16/503,073 · Granted Jul 6, 2021
Base term plus 196 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Jan 16, 2017
Jan 16, 2017
Term ends
Jul 31, 2037
Jul 31, 2037
Granted
Jul 6, 2021
Jul 6, 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
196
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.
4
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 196 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 Jan 16, 2017, when application 15/407,153, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 3, 2019) | Jan 16, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +196 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 31, 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 | Jul 31, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,451,890 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2017/064556 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,054,665 | this patent Jul 2037 | Jul 2037 |
| US 11,686,951 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2037
Term ends Jul 31, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 196 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
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
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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.