Term ends Jun 22, 2039 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 14, 2039
Held by Joby Aero, Inc.
Filed Mar 29, 2021 as application 17/216,070 · Granted Jul 11, 2023
Base term plus 128 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Feb 14, 2019
Feb 14, 2019
Term ends
Jun 22, 2039
Jun 22, 2039
Granted
Jul 11, 2023
Jul 11, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
128
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,960,975, to Jun 22, 2039. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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 128 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 14, 2019, when application 16/276,425, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 29, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 14, 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 | +128 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 22, 2039 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,960,975) | resolves to Jun 22, 2039, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Further caveats on record | The record names parents not resolved: 16276425 | Low confidence overall | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 22, 2039 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 10,960,975 | In force Oct 2039 | Oct 2039 |
| US 11,699,350 | this patent Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
| US 12,142,150 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 12,632,803 | In force Apr 2039 | Apr 2039 |
| Application 19/657,639 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2021 Reel 57124, frame 394 | Villa, Ian | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 9, 2021 Reel 57124, frame 470 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Uber Elevate, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 9, 2021 Reel 57128, frame 766 | Uber Elevate, Inc. | Joby Elevate, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 9, 2022 Reel 58937, frame 870 | Joby Elevate, Inc. | Joby Aero, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 16, 2026 Reel 75430, frame 172 | Joby Elevate, Inc. | Joby Aero, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2039
Term ends Jun 22, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 128 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,960,975, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
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.