Term ends Oct 4, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 16, 2031
Held by View Operating Corporation
Filed Mar 16, 2011 as application 13/049,756 · Granted Sep 27, 2016
Base term plus 202 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Mar 16, 2011
Mar 16, 2011
Term ends
Oct 4, 2031
Oct 4, 2031
Granted
Sep 27, 2016
Sep 27, 2016
base term
patent term adjustment
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
202
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
498
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 202 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. 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 Mar 16, 2011, when this application, 13/049,756, was filed | Mar 16, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +202 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 4, 2031 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 4, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,164,818 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 9,081,246 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 8,213,074 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 9,454,055 | this patent Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 8,254,013 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2011/057916 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,864,321 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 8,711,465 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
8 of 498 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 2, 2011 Reel 26381, frame 669 | Brown, Stephen C.; Shrivastava, Dhairya; Groechel, David Walter; Pradhan, Anshu; Jack, Gordon; Mehtani, Disha; Rozbicki, Robert T. | Soladigm, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 6, 2012 Reel 29422, frame 119 | Soladigm, Inc. | View, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Apr 15, 2016 Reel 38440, frame 749 | View, Inc. | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 25, 2017 Reel 41493, frame 859 | View, Inc. | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. | Security Interest |
| Jan 26, 2017 Reel 41549, frame 94 | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. | View, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 1, 2019 Reel 49100, frame 817 | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. | View, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 14, 2019 Reel 51012, frame 359 | View, Inc. | Greensill Capital (UK) Limited | Security Interest |
| Mar 9, 2021 Reel 55542, frame 516 | Greensill Capital (UK) Limited | View, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 17, 2023 Reel 65266, frame 810 | View, Inc. | Cantor Fitzgerald Securities | Security Interest |
| Dec 19, 2024 Reel 69743, frame 586 | View, Inc.; PVMS Merger Sub, Inc.; View Operating Corporation | View Operating Corporation | Merger and Change of Name |
| Aug 28, 2025 Reel 76090, frame 186 | View, Inc.; PVMS Merger Sub, Inc.; View, Inc. | View Operating Corporation | Merger and Change of Name |
| Sep 23, 2026 Reel 76542, frame 817 | PVMS Merger Sub, Inc.; View, Inc. | View Operating Corporation | Merger and Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2031
Term ends Oct 4, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 202 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
344
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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