Lapsed Apr 19, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 20, 2039
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Intel Corporation
Filed Dec 20, 2019 as application 16/723,927 · Granted Apr 19, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 17 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Apr 19, 2026
2019
2040
Clock starts
Dec 20, 2019
Dec 20, 2019
No longer in force
Apr 19, 2026
Apr 19, 2026
Granted
Apr 19, 2022
Apr 19, 2022
Term would have run to
Jan 6, 2040
Jan 6, 2040
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
17
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 11,250,165, to Jan 6, 2040. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.
16
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jan 6, 2040: its 20-year base term plus 17 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Dec 20, 2019, when this application, 16/723,927, was filed | Dec 20, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +17 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 6, 2040 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,250,165) | resolves to Jan 6, 2040, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Apr 19, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 19, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,250,165 | In force Aug 2040 | Aug 2040 |
| Application 16/724,059 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,416,624 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 11,829,488 | In force Aug 2041 | Aug 2041 |
| US 11,308,225 | this patent Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 11,321,469 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 11,768,946 | In force Apr 2042 | Apr 2042 |
| US 11,354,423 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
8 of 16 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 7, 2020 Reel 51852, frame 913 | Kounavis, Michael E.; Ghosh, Santosh; Deutsch, Sergej; Durham, David M. | Intel Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 8, 2021 Reel 58392, frame 945 | Kounavis, Michael E.; Ghosh, Santosh; Deutsch, Sergej; Durham, David M. | Intel Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Application Number Previously Recorded at Reel: 051852 Frame: 0913. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
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Note
The 17 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 11,250,165, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
41
later US patents cite this one
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