Term ends May 24, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 4, 2033
Held by Autostore Technology As
Filed Sep 13, 2019 as application 16/569,688 · Granted Nov 28, 2023
Base term plus 932 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2036
Clock starts
Nov 4, 2013
Nov 4, 2013
Term ends
May 24, 2036
May 24, 2036
Granted
Nov 28, 2023
Nov 28, 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
932
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.
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 932 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Nov 4, 2013, when application PCT/EP2013/072887, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 13, 2019) | Nov 4, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +932 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 24, 2036 | 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 | May 24, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,189,641 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 11,072,494 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US 11,827,448 | this patent May 2036 | May 2036 |
| US 12,304,733 | In force no later than Nov 2033 | no later than Nov 2033 |
4 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2023 Reel 65532, frame 85 | Autostore Holdings Limited; Autostore As; Autostore Technology As | Ocado Group PLC; Ocado Solutions Limited; Ocado Innovation Limited | License |
| Nov 9, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Autostore As; Autostore Holdings Limited; Autostore Technology As | Ocado Group PLC | License |
| Nov 9, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Autostore As; Autostore Holdings Limited; Autostore Technology As | Ocado Solutions Limited | License |
| Nov 9, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Autostore As; Autostore Holdings Limited; Autostore Technology As | Ocado Innovation Limited | License |
| Jul 3, 2024 Reel 67910, frame 880 | Hognaland, Ingvar | Jakob Hatteland Logistic As | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 5, 2024 Reel 68146, frame 347 | Jakob Hatteland Logistics As | Autostore Technology As | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2036
Term ends May 24, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 932 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
3
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.
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