Distributed Acceleration Structures for Ray Tracing

US 12,148,087 In force

Term ends Dec 24, 2030 · Medium confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 11,508,114), so the cap could be lower.

Held by Snap Israel 2016 Ltd.

Filed Oct 18, 2022 as application 18/047,546 · Granted Nov 19, 2024

Base term plus 2 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Dec 24, 2030

2010 2030

Clock starts
Dec 24, 2010

Term ends
Dec 24, 2030

Granted
Nov 19, 2024

base term 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

Days of term adjustment

Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.

Capped

Terminal disclaimer

Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,508,114.

0 of 1

Maintenance fees paid

One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.

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 Dec 24, 2010, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Oct 18, 2022)	Dec 24, 2030	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+2 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Dec 26, 2030	High confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,508,114)	capped to Dec 24, 2030	Medium confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	0 of 1 maintenance fees paid	In force	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Dec 24, 2030	Medium confidence

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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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

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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.

Distributed Acceleration Structures for Ray Tracing

Term ends Dec 24, 2030 · Medium confidence

20-year base term ends Dec 24, 2030

How we calculated this date

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