Term ends May 6, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 16, 2036
Held by Gemini IP, LLC
Filed Nov 10, 2022 as application 17/984,998 · Granted Aug 19, 2025
Base term plus 51 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Mar 16, 2016
Mar 16, 2016
Term ends
May 6, 2036
May 6, 2036
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Aug 19, 2025
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
51
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.
7
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 51 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 Mar 16, 2016, when application 15/071,902, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 10, 2022) | Mar 16, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +51 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 6, 2036 | 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 | May 6, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,158,480 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 10,693,632 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 10,915,891 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 11,362,814 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 11,783,323 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 12,284,288 | In force no later than Mar 2036 | no later than Mar 2036 |
| US 12,393,929 | this patent May 2036 | May 2036 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2025 Reel 70961, frame 330 | Winklevoss, Cameron Howard; Winklevoss, Tyler Howard | Winklevoss IP, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 28, 2025 Reel 70961, frame 782 | Winklevoss IP, LLC | Gemini IP, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
May 2036
Term ends May 6, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 51 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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