Term ends Jul 31, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 1, 2039
Filed Sep 3, 2019 as application 16/558,922 · Granted Oct 19, 2021
Base term plus 121 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Apr 1, 2019
Apr 1, 2019
Term ends
Jul 31, 2039
Jul 31, 2039
Granted
Oct 19, 2021
Oct 19, 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
121
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,398,740, to Jul 31, 2039. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
7
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 121 days past its 20-year base term on 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 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 Apr 1, 2019, when application 16/371,996, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 3, 2019) | Apr 1, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +121 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 31, 2039 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,398,740) | resolves to Jul 31, 2039, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,430,165 | In force Jul 2037 | Jul 2037 |
| US 11,398,740 | In force Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
| US 11,152,807 | this patent Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
| US 11,210,069 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 11,726,751 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| US 12,217,028 | In force no later than Nov 2035 | no later than Nov 2035 |
| Application 19/041,511 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2019 Reel 50265, frame 592 | Camiolo, Jean; Lorin, Christophe | Stmicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2039
Term ends Jul 31, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 121 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,398,740, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.