Term ends Dec 4, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 29, 2038
Held by 2SURV, Inc.
Filed Jul 30, 2020 as application 16/943,057 · Granted Aug 2, 2022
Base term plus 97 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Aug 29, 2018
Aug 29, 2018
Term ends
Dec 4, 2038
Dec 4, 2038
Granted
Aug 2, 2022
Aug 2, 2022
base term
patent term adjustment
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
97
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 10,730,685, to Dec 4, 2038. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
10
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 97 days past its 20-year base term on 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 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, 2018, when application 16/115,871, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 30, 2020) | Aug 29, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +97 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 4, 2038 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,730,685) | resolves to Dec 4, 2038, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 4, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,730,685 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,401,102 | this patent Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,772,875 | In force Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
| US 12,280,937 | In force Sep 2038 | Sep 2038 |
| US 12,741,802 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 12,741,803 | In force Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
| US 12,729,051 | In force Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
| Application PCT/US2025/018534 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 10 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 11, 2023 Reel 65833, frame 861 | Lightbulb Innovation, LLC | 2SURV, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2038
Term ends Dec 4, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 97 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 10,730,685, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.