Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 4, 2025 (Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C.).
Term ends Feb 9, 2039 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 31, 2038
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by GoPro, Inc.
Filed Sep 29, 2020 as application 17/036,687 · Granted Aug 8, 2023
Base term plus 162 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2039
Clock starts
Aug 31, 2018
Aug 31, 2018
Term ends
Feb 9, 2039
Feb 9, 2039
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
Aug 8, 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
162
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
18
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 162 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Aug 31, 2018, when application 29/661,818, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 29, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 31, 2038 | 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 | +162 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 9, 2039 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 9, 2039 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US D907,680 | In force Jan 2036 | Jan 2036 |
| US D907,101 | In force Jan 2036 | Jan 2036 |
| US D918,988 | In force May 2036 | May 2036 |
| US D918,989 | In force May 2036 | May 2036 |
| US 11,721,712 | this patent Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US D921,740 | In force Jun 2036 | Jun 2036 |
| US D990,540 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| US D941,904 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
8 of 18 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2021 Reel 55744, frame 903 | Vitale, Nicholas; Brookmire, Michael; Thomas, Matthew David; Patterson, Jesse; Muhlenkamp, John George, IV; Au, Heman | GoPro, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 4, 2025 Reel 72340, frame 676 | GoPro, Inc. | Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2025 Reel 72358, frame 1 | GoPro, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Feb 2039
Term ends Feb 9, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 162 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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.