Term ends Jun 11, 2039 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 6, 2038
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Simbe Robotics, Inc.
Filed Jan 24, 2022 as application 17/582,957 · Granted Feb 24, 2026
Base term plus 431 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2039
Clock starts
Apr 6, 2018
Apr 6, 2018
Term ends
Jun 11, 2039
Jun 11, 2039
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Feb 24, 2026
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
431
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.
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 431 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Apr 6, 2018, when application 15/947,757, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 24, 2022); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 6, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +431 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 11, 2039 | 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 | Jun 11, 2039 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,846,657 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 10,684,623 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 11,257,141 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| Application 16/865,825 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 17/075,613 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,561,729 | this patent Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
| Application 19/458,191 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2022 Reel 59246, frame 868 | Bogolea, Bradley; Safi, Jariullah | Simbe Robotics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 17, 2023 Reel 63669, frame 757 | Simbe Robotics, Inc. | Eastward Fund Management, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jan 4, 2024 Reel 66023, frame 126 | Eastward Fund Management, LLC | Simbe Robotics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jun 2039
Term ends Jun 11, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 431 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
We have no citation count for this patent yet. That is not the same as never having been cited.
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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.