Term ends Jun 8, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 23, 2033
Held by Schrödinger, LLC
Filed Dec 14, 2022 as application 18/081,526 · Granted Sep 16, 2025
Base term plus 167 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2034
Clock starts
Dec 23, 2013
Dec 23, 2013
Term ends
Jun 8, 2034
Jun 8, 2034
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Sep 16, 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
167
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,562,808, to Jun 8, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
4
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 167 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Dec 23, 2013, when application 14/138,186, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 14, 2022) | Dec 23, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +167 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 8, 2034 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,562,808) | resolves to Jun 8, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Jun 8, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 14/138,186 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,562,808 | In force Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
| US 12,417,821 | this patent Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| Application 19/328,436 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2023 Reel 63703, frame 294 | Abel, Robert; Wang, Lingle | Schrodinger, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 19, 2023 Reel 63703, frame 636 | Schrodinger, Inc. | Schrödinger, 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
Jun 2034
Term ends Jun 8, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 167 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,562,808, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2025 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it.
How we rank
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.