Term ends Dec 16, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 21, 2040
Filed May 6, 2021 as application 17/313,005 · Granted Jul 12, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Jul 21, 2020
Jul 21, 2020
Term ends
Dec 16, 2039
Dec 16, 2039
Granted
Jul 12, 2022
Jul 12, 2022
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,228,417.
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.
4
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 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 21, 2020, when application PCT/CN2020/103356, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 6, 2021) | Jul 21, 2040 | 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 11,228,417) | capped to Dec 16, 2039 | 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 | Dec 16, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,388,030 | this patent Dec 2039 | Dec 2039 |
| US 11,552,832 | In force Dec 2039 | Dec 2039 |
| US 11,824,690 | In force Dec 2039 | Dec 2039 |
3 of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2021 Reel 58519, frame 97 | Hu, Jianfei | Changxin Memory Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. | Labor Contract |
| Dec 7, 2021 Reel 58313, frame 724 | Changxin Memory Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. | Changxin Memory Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2039
Term ends Dec 16, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,228,417.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median 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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