Term ends May 16, 2039 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends May 16, 2039
Held by Niantic Spatial, Inc.
Filed Apr 15, 2024 as application 18/636,101 · Granted Jun 16, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
May 16, 2019
May 16, 2019
Term ends
May 16, 2039
May 16, 2039
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,082,681, US 11,991,342, to May 16, 2039. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 May 16, 2019, when application 16/413,907, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 15, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 16, 2039 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,082,681, US 11,991,342) | resolves to May 16, 2039, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium 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 | May 16, 2039 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 11,082,681 | In force May 2039 | May 2039 |
| Application PCT/US2019/032616 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,991,342 | In force no later than Aug 2039 | no later than Aug 2039 |
| US 12,659,447 | this patent May 2039 | May 2039 |
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 19, 2024 Reel 67159, frame 265 | Godard, Clément; Aodha, Oisin Mac; Firman, Michael; Brostow, Gabriel J. | Niantic, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 16, 2025 Reel 71555, frame 833 | Niantic, Inc. | Niantic Spatial, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2039
Term ends May 16, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,082,681, US 11,991,342, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
We have no citation count for this patent yet. That is not the same as never having been cited.
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
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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.