Term ends Feb 18, 2037 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 6, 2036
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Upstart Power, Inc.
Filed Aug 31, 2020 as application 17/007,421 · Granted Mar 14, 2023
Base term plus 135 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
Oct 6, 2016
Oct 6, 2016
Term ends
Feb 18, 2037
Feb 18, 2037
Granted
Mar 14, 2023
Mar 14, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
135
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 135 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Oct 6, 2016, when application 15/287,402, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 31, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 6, 2036 | 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 | +135 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 18, 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 | Feb 18, 2037 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,573,911 | In force Oct 2037 | Oct 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2017/055554 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,790,523 | In force Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2019/019183 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,605,825 | this patent Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2020 Reel 54212, frame 361 | Palumbo, Nathan; Singhal, Siddhant; Otis, Matthew; Cote, Tyler; Flathers, Richard; Osenar, Paul | Upstart Power, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Feb 2037
Term ends Feb 18, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 135 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below 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.