Term ends Sep 29, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 14, 2038
Held by Createai, Inc.
Filed May 5, 2021 as application 17/308,803 · Granted Dec 26, 2023
Base term plus 227 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Feb 14, 2018
Feb 14, 2018
Term ends
Sep 29, 2038
Sep 29, 2038
Granted
Dec 26, 2023
Dec 26, 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
227
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 11,009,365, to Sep 29, 2038. 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.
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 227 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: 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 Feb 14, 2018, when application 15/896,077, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 5, 2021) | Feb 14, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +227 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 29, 2038 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,009,365) | resolves to Sep 29, 2038, 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 |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 29, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,009,365 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,009,356 | In force Nov 2038 | Nov 2038 |
| Application PCT/US2019/018113 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2019/060547 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,852,498 | this patent Sep 2038 | Sep 2038 |
| US 11,740,093 | In force Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
| US 12,270,661 | In force Feb 2038 | Feb 2038 |
| US 12,352,592 | In force no later than Feb 2038 | no later than Feb 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2021 Reel 56148, frame 330 | Wang, Mingdong; Qian, Chenzhe; Mei, Xue | TuSimple | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 4, 2021 Reel 57710, frame 602 | TuSimple | TuSimple, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Dec 3, 2025 Reel 73832, frame 485 | TuSimple, Inc. | Createai, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2038
Term ends Sep 29, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 227 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 11,009,365, 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.