Term ends Apr 28, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 11, 2036
Held by Sensable Technologies LLC
Filed Dec 20, 2019 as application 16/724,113 · Granted Jan 31, 2023
Base term plus 382 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
Apr 11, 2016
Apr 11, 2016
Term ends
Apr 28, 2037
Apr 28, 2037
Granted
Jan 31, 2023
Jan 31, 2023
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
382
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
5
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 382 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Apr 11, 2016, when application PCT/US2016/026971, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 20, 2019) | Apr 11, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +382 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 28, 2037 | 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 | Apr 28, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2016/026971 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,556,034 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| US 11,565,016 | this patent Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| US 12,151,051 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| Application 18/936,887 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2022 Reel 61119, frame 966 | Sensable Technologies LLC | Sensable Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 16, 2022 Reel 61120, frame 255 | Jin, Sungho; Gardner, Calvin | The Regents of the University of California | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 16, 2022 Reel 61120, frame 407 | Matthew, Stewart | Sensable Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Apr 2037
Term ends Apr 28, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 382 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2023 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.