Term ends Aug 24, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 9, 2039
Held by Groq LLC
Filed Jan 9, 2019 as application 16/243,768 · Granted Sep 7, 2021
Base term plus 227 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Jan 9, 2019
Jan 9, 2019
Term ends
Aug 24, 2039
Aug 24, 2039
Granted
Sep 7, 2021
Sep 7, 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
227
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.
44
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 227 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 9, 2019, when this application, 16/243,768, was filed | Jan 9, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +227 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 24, 2039 | 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 | Aug 24, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,754,621 | In force Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
| US 11,114,138 | In force Sep 2038 | Sep 2038 |
| US 11,243,880 | In force Sep 2038 | Sep 2038 |
| US 11,170,307 | In force Jun 2040 | Jun 2040 |
| US 11,115,147 | this patent Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 10,908,900 | In force Mar 2039 | Mar 2039 |
| US 11,210,594 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 11,568,275 | In force Oct 2040 | Oct 2040 |
8 of 44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 2019 Reel 47944, frame 877 | Baker, Matthew Pond; Dhruvanarayan, Srivathsa; Severson, Boone Jared | Groq, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 22, 2026 Reel 76553, frame 41 | Groq, Inc. | Groq LLC | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Aug 2039
Term ends Aug 24, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 227 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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