Term ends Oct 8, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 27, 2036
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Verity AG
Filed Nov 13, 2023 as application 18/507,891 · Granted Aug 18, 2026
Base term plus 134 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
May 27, 2016
May 27, 2016
Term ends
Oct 8, 2036
Oct 8, 2036
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Aug 18, 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
134
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.
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 134 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 2 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 May 27, 2016, when application PCT/IB2016/053132, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 13, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 27, 2036 | 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 | +134 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 8, 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 | Oct 8, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,766,627 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 11,814,185 | In force Jun 2037 | Jun 2037 |
| US 12,709,415 | this patent Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
3 of 4 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2023 Reel 65564, frame 639 | Hehn, Markus; Waibel, Markus; Gherardi, Luca; D'andrea, Raffaello | Verity Studios AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 15, 2023 Reel 65564, frame 649 | Verity Studios AG | Verity AG | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Oct 2036
Term ends Oct 8, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 134 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.
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.