Term ends no later than Aug 18, 2039 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 15, 2039
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Circle Internet Group, Inc.
Filed Jun 15, 2019 as application 16/442,475 · Granted Sep 21, 2021
Base term plus 64 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Jun 15, 2019
Jun 15, 2019
Ends no later than
Aug 18, 2039
Aug 18, 2039
Granted
Sep 21, 2021
Sep 21, 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
64
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
29
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 64 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 1 of 3 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 Jun 15, 2019, when this application, 16/442,475, was filed | Jun 15, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +64 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 18, 2039 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Aug 18, 2039 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,249,985 | In force Feb 2040 | Feb 2040 |
| US 11,126,593 | this patent no later than Aug 2039 | no later than Aug 2039 |
| US 11,249,947 | In force Dec 2039 | Dec 2039 |
| Application 16/442,474 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/442,476 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,405,204 | In force Nov 2039 | Nov 2039 |
| Application PCT/US2020/036769 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 17/242,891 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2019 Reel 49583, frame 494 | Hurley, Kevin Patrick; Maurer, Benjamin D.; Blackshear, Samuel Howard | Facebook, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 20, 2021 Reel 58961, frame 436 | Facebook, Inc. | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jun 7, 2024 Reel 67654, frame 637 | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Circle Internet Financial, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 4, 2025 Reel 72774, frame 580 | Circle Internet Financial, LLC | Circle Internet Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Aug 2039
Term ends no later than Aug 18, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 64 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Aug 18, 2039. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
30
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.