Term ends May 12, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 12, 2040
Held by Tempus AI, Inc.
Filed May 12, 2020 as application 15/930,234 · Granted Dec 13, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
May 12, 2020
May 12, 2020
Term ends
May 12, 2040
May 12, 2040
Granted
Dec 13, 2022
Dec 13, 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
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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: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 12, 2020, when this application, 15/930,234, was filed | May 12, 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 | 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 | May 12, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,527,323 | this patent May 2040 | May 2040 |
| Application 17/150,992 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 17/982,399 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 18/674,017 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2021 Reel 58151, frame 597 | Igartua, Catherine; Pelossof, Raphael; Michuda, Jackson; Bell, Joshua Sk; Taxter, Timothy | Tempus Labs, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 18, 2021 Reel 58151, frame 698 | Beaubier, Nike | Tempus Labs, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 22, 2022 Reel 61506, frame 316 | Tempus Labs, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 29, 2024 Reel 66707, frame 382 | Tempus Labs, Inc. | Tempus AI, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 13, 2026 Reel 75608, frame 784 | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Tempus AI, Inc. (F/K/A Tempus Labs, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2040
Term ends May 12, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
24
later US patents cite this one
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