Term ends Feb 28, 2039 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 28, 2039
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by NetApp Inc.
Filed Jul 28, 2020 as application 16/940,462 · Granted Feb 28, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Feb 28, 2019
Feb 28, 2019
Term ends
Feb 28, 2039
Feb 28, 2039
Granted
Feb 28, 2023
Feb 28, 2023
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,761,768, to Feb 28, 2039. 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.
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. 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: 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 Feb 28, 2019, when application 16/288,506, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 28, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 28, 2039 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,761,768) | resolves to Feb 28, 2039, 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 | Feb 28, 2039 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,761,768 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 11,138,061 | In force Oct 2039 | Oct 2039 |
| US 10,725,691 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 11,036,423 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 11,593,016 | this patent Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| Application 17/344,805 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,782,783 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| Application 18/092,533 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2039
Term ends Feb 28, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,761,768, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
23
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.