Term ends Jan 24, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 18, 2039
Held by Tempus Labs
Filed Oct 18, 2019 as application 16/657,804 · Granted Jul 18, 2023
Base term plus 525 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2019
2040
Clock starts
Oct 18, 2019
Oct 18, 2019
Term ends
Jan 24, 2040
Jan 24, 2040
Granted
Jul 18, 2023
Jul 18, 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
525
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,640,859.
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.
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 runs 525 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Oct 18, 2019, when this application, 16/657,804, was filed | Oct 18, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +525 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 26, 2041 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,640,859) | capped to Jan 24, 2040 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 24, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,705,226 | this patent Jan 2040 | Jan 2040 |
| US 12,112,839 | In force no later than Dec 2039 | no later than Dec 2039 |
| Application 18/660,213 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/303,338 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/360,965 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/362,133 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/362,113 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/362,140 | 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 22, 2022 Reel 61506, frame 316 | Tempus Labs, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 22, 2022 Reel 61855, frame 674 | Colley, Shane; Simpson, Isaiah; Reuter, Brian; Tell, Robert; Lefkofsky, Hailey; Lane, Hunter; White, Kevin; Beaubier, Nike; Bush, Stephen; Khan, Aly; Lau, Denise; Shah, Kaanan | Tempus Labs | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 28, 2023 Reel 62519, frame 569 | Lefkofsky, Eric | Tempus Labs | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 13, 2026 Reel 75608, frame 784 | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Tempus AI, Inc. (F/K/A Tempus Labs, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jan 2040
Term ends Jan 24, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 525 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,640,859.
Citations
284
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% 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.