Term ends Jul 9, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 31, 2033
Held by Niantic, Inc.
Filed Aug 25, 2021 as application 17/411,293 · Granted Jun 11, 2024
Base term plus 343 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2034
Clock starts
Jul 31, 2013
Jul 31, 2013
Term ends
Jul 9, 2034
Jul 9, 2034
Granted
Jun 11, 2024
Jun 11, 2024
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
343
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 343 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 2 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 Jul 31, 2013, when application 13/955,089, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 25, 2021) | Jul 31, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +343 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 9, 2034 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 9, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,782,668 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 10,486,059 | In force Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
| US 11,167,205 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| US 12,005,343 | this patent Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| Application 18/733,400 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2021 Reel 57325, frame 203 | Golden, Keith P.; Aubin, Mark A.; Hanke, John V.; Keslin, Phillip Craig; Dinkelacker, James; Spirakis, Charles; Vladimirov, Alexander | Google Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 30, 2021 Reel 57325, frame 211 | Google Inc. | Niantic, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jul 2034
Term ends Jul 9, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 343 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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