Term ends Jun 29, 2038 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 29, 2038
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation
Filed Jul 13, 2021 as application 17/374,217 · Granted Sep 20, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Jun 29, 2018
Jun 29, 2018
Term ends
Jun 29, 2038
Jun 29, 2038
Granted
Sep 20, 2022
Sep 20, 2022
base term
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
8
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jun 29, 2018, when application PCT/US2018/040390, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 13, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 29, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | 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 | Jun 29, 2038 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 62/611,536 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 62/691,464 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2018/040390 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,719,744 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| US 11,068,757 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 11,139,958 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| US 11,462,036 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| US 11,450,123 | this patent Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2024 Reel 67737, frame 94 | Intel Corporation | Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 14, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Intel Corporation | Hyundai Motor Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 14, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Intel Corporation | Kia Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2038
Term ends Jun 29, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
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