Term ends Mar 17, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 10, 2039
Held by Intergraph Corporation
Filed Apr 22, 2020 as application 16/855,550 · Granted Oct 22, 2024
Base term plus 281 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2040
Clock starts
Jun 10, 2019
Jun 10, 2019
Term ends
Mar 17, 2040
Mar 17, 2040
Granted
Oct 22, 2024
Oct 22, 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
281
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 281 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 Jun 10, 2019, when application 16/436,546, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 22, 2020) | Jun 10, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +281 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 17, 2040 | 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 | Mar 17, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,735,028 | In force Jul 2041 | Jul 2041 |
| US 12,106,657 | In force May 2040 | May 2040 |
| US 12,125,368 | this patent Mar 2040 | Mar 2040 |
| US 11,615,695 | In force Jun 2040 | Jun 2040 |
| US 12,651,522 | In force Mar 2040 | Mar 2040 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2040
Term ends Mar 17, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 281 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
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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.