Term ends May 14, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 14, 2039
Held by Tempus AI, Inc.
Filed Feb 5, 2021 as application 17/169,162 · Granted Mar 1, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
May 14, 2019
May 14, 2019
Term ends
May 14, 2039
May 14, 2039
Granted
Mar 1, 2022
Mar 1, 2022
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
15
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 14, 2019, when application 16/412,362, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 5, 2021) | May 14, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | May 14, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,741,365 | In force Jan 2042 | Jan 2042 |
| US 10,991,097 | In force Dec 2039 | Dec 2039 |
| US 10,957,041 | In force May 2039 | May 2039 |
| US 11,348,661 | In force May 2039 | May 2039 |
| US 11,348,239 | In force May 2039 | May 2039 |
| US 11,348,240 | In force May 2039 | May 2039 |
| US 11,263,748 | this patent May 2039 | May 2039 |
| US 11,610,307 | In force no later than Sep 2039 | no later than Sep 2039 |
8 of 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2021 Reel 55415, frame 517 | Yip, Stephen; Sha, Lingdao; Osinski, Boleslaw; Khan, Aly Azeem; Kruger, Andrew J.; Carlson, Michael; Greenwald, Abel; Willis, Caleb; Ho, Irvin | Tempus Labs, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 22, 2022 Reel 61506, frame 316 | Tempus Labs, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 9, 2024 Reel 66544, frame 110 | Tempus Labs, Inc. | Tempus AI, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 13, 2026 Reel 75608, frame 784 | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Tempus AI, Inc. (F/K/A Tempus Labs, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
May 2039
Term ends May 14, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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