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Term ends Feb 14, 2038 · High confidence

Filed Aug 25, 2023 as application 18/456,015 · Granted Apr 8, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Feb 14, 2018
Term ends
Feb 14, 2038
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
8
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 14, 2018, when application 15/896,077, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 25, 2023)Feb 14, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 14, 2038High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 25, 2023
Reel 64729, frame 22
Wang, Mingdong; Qian, Chenzhe; Mei, XueTuSimple, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 3, 2025
Reel 73832, frame 485
TuSimple, Inc.Createai, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

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

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