Term ends Jun 26, 2038 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 26, 2038
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Datavault AI Inc.
Filed May 13, 2021 as application 17/319,690 · Granted Jun 16, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Jun 26, 2018
Jun 26, 2018
Term ends
Jun 26, 2038
Jun 26, 2038
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
Jun 16, 2026
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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 Jun 26, 2018, when application 16/019,257, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 13, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 26, 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 | None on file | no change | 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 26, 2038 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,460,709 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| US 10,878,788 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| US 11,030,983 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| US 12,361,917 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 12,658,167 | this patent Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| Application 19/267,199 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/691,063 | 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 27, 2021 Reel 56376, frame 883 | Bradley, Nathaniel T.; Paugh, Joshua S.; Choi, Sonia | Adio, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 10, 2022 Reel 59226, frame 34 | Adio, LLC | Data Vault Holdings, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 7, 2025 Reel 69837, frame 372 | Data Vault Holdings, Inc. | Wisa Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 13, 2025 Reel 70514, frame 711 | Wisa Technologies, Inc. | Datavault AI Inc. | Change of Name |
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Jun 2038
Term ends Jun 26, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
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