Term ends Aug 29, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 29, 2036
Held by Accuray LLC
Filed Oct 13, 2020 as application 17/069,045 · Granted May 17, 2022
Base term plus 71 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Aug 29, 2016
Aug 29, 2016
Term ends
Aug 29, 2036
Aug 29, 2036
Granted
May 17, 2022
May 17, 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
71
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,342,996, US 10,806,948.
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.
6
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 71 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Aug 29, 2016, when application 15/250,582, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 13, 2020) | Aug 29, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +71 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 8, 2036 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,342,996, US 10,806,948) | capped to Aug 29, 2036 | 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 29, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,342,996 | In force Nov 2037 | Nov 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2017/048674 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,456,599 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 10,806,948 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 11,331,518 | this patent Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 11,896,850 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2020 Reel 54038, frame 738 | Jordan, Petr; Myronenko, Andriy; Maurer, Calvin; Schnarr, Eric; O'connell, Rob | Accuray Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 14, 2021 Reel 56247, frame 1 | Accuray Incorporated; Tomotherapy Incorporated | Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative and Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 6, 2025 Reel 71638, frame 34 | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Accuray Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 13, 2025 Reel 72421, frame 584 | Accuray Incorporated | Accuray LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Aug 2036
Term ends Aug 29, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 71 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,342,996, US 10,806,948.
Citations
5
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.
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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.