Term ends Jun 22, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 3, 2041
Held by Adeia Emerging Technologies Inc.
Filed Oct 15, 2021 as application 17/502,720 · Granted Aug 8, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2021
2041
Clock starts
Feb 3, 2021
Feb 3, 2021
Term ends
Jun 22, 2038
Jun 22, 2038
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
Aug 8, 2023
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,150,080, US 11,153,080.
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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 3, 2021, when application 17/166,157, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 15, 2021) | Feb 3, 2041 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,150,080, US 11,153,080) | capped to Jun 22, 2038 | 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 | Jun 22, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,153,080 | In force Feb 2041 | Feb 2041 |
| US 11,722,296 | this patent Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| US 12,088,706 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2026 Reel 74245, frame 975 | Nix, John A., JR. | Adeia Emerging Technologies Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jun 2038
Term ends Jun 22, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,150,080, US 11,153,080.
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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