Lapsed Nov 10, 2023 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 20, 2032
Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Waymo LLC
Filed Jun 20, 2012 as application 13/528,122 · Granted Nov 10, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 190 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Nov 10, 2023
2012
2032
Clock starts
Jun 20, 2012
Jun 20, 2012
No longer in force
Nov 10, 2023
Nov 10, 2023
Granted
Nov 10, 2015
Nov 10, 2015
Term would have run to
Dec 27, 2032
Dec 27, 2032
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
fee events
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
190
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
1 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.
18
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Dec 27, 2032: its 20-year base term plus 190 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 20, 2012, when this application, 13/528,122, was filed | Jun 20, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +190 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 27, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Nov 10, 2023 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 10, 2023 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,180,882 | this patent Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 |
| US 8,825,258 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 8,818,608 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 8,874,267 | In force Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| US 9,075,413 | In force no later than Mar 2033 | no later than Mar 2033 |
| US 9,352,752 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 9,690,296 | In force Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| US 9,511,779 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2012 Reel 28432, frame 589 | Dolgov, Dmitri A.; Urmson, Christopher Paul | Google Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 27, 2017 Reel 42099, frame 935 | Google Inc. | Waymo Holding Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 28, 2017 Reel 42108, frame 21 | Waymo Holding Inc. | Waymo 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
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 190 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Nov 10, 2023. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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
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