Term ends Nov 24, 2037 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 31, 2036
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
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Filed Jul 10, 2020 as application 16/925,611 · Granted May 9, 2023
Base term plus 481 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
Jul 31, 2016
Jul 31, 2016
Term ends
Nov 24, 2037
Nov 24, 2037
Granted
May 9, 2023
May 9, 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
481
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.
3
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 481 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 Jul 31, 2016, when application 15/224,608, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 10, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 31, 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 | +481 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 24, 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 | Nov 24, 2037 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,729,177 | In force Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 11,641,882 | this patent Nov 2037 | Nov 2037 |
| US 12,733,682 | In force Nov 2037 | Nov 2037 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2037
Term ends Nov 24, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 481 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
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How we rank
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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.