Term ends Oct 21, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 21, 2029
Filed May 13, 2019 as application 16/410,688 · Granted Oct 11, 2022
Base term plus 234 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Oct 21, 2009
Oct 21, 2009
Term ends
Oct 21, 2029
Oct 21, 2029
Granted
Oct 11, 2022
Oct 11, 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
234
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 8,997,124, US 9,026,559.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it 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 runs 234 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 1 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 Oct 21, 2009, when application PCT/EP2009/063796, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 13, 2019) | Oct 21, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +234 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 12, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,997,124, US 9,026,559) | capped to Oct 21, 2029 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 21, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,329,955 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2024 | May 2024 |
| US 9,026,559 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,688,630 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 9,495,432 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 10,650,022 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 11,468,088 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 11,907,256 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
7 of 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2019 Reel 49162, frame 291 | Bernbo, Stefan; Melander, Christian; Petersson, Gustav; Persson, Roger | Pure Storage, Inc., a Delaware Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 26, 2020 Reel 53867, frame 581 | Pure Storage, Inc. | Barclays Bank PLC as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2025 Reel 71558, frame 523 | Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent | Pure Storage, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
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Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 21, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 234 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 8,997,124, US 9,026,559.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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