Term ends Feb 19, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 19, 2034
Held by Universal City Studios LLC
Filed Jun 29, 2020 as application 16/915,955 · Granted Jun 28, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Feb 19, 2014
Feb 19, 2014
Term ends
Feb 19, 2034
Feb 19, 2034
Granted
Jun 28, 2022
Jun 28, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,134,267, US 10,380,884, US 10,699,557, to Feb 19, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 is its 20-year base term, with no 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. 1 of 2 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 Feb 19, 2014, when application 14/184,591, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 29, 2020) | Feb 19, 2034 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,134,267, US 10,380,884, US 10,699,557) | resolves to Feb 19, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 19, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,134,267 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2014/017817 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,380,884 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US 10,699,557 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US 11,373,516 | this patent Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US 12,100,292 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US 12,743,948 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2034
Term ends Feb 19, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,134,267, US 10,380,884, US 10,699,557, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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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.