Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 22, 2019 (BDC Capital Inc.).
Term ends May 18, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 24, 2034
Held by D-Wave Systems Inc.
Filed Jul 24, 2014 as application 14/340,303 · Granted Nov 15, 2016
Base term plus 298 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2035
Clock starts
Jul 24, 2014
Jul 24, 2014
Term ends
May 18, 2035
May 18, 2035
Granted
Nov 15, 2016
Nov 15, 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
298
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.
36
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 298 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 Jul 24, 2014, when this application, 14/340,303, was filed | Jul 24, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +298 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 18, 2035 | 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 | May 18, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2013/077720 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,010,899 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| Application PCT/US2014/035193 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,352,561 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 9,495,644 | this patent May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 8,995,022 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 9,496,519 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 9,224,952 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
8 of 36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2014 Reel 33910, frame 285 | Chudak, Fabian Ariel; Rich, Christopher B.; Bunyk, Paul I. | D-Wave Systems Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 22, 2019 Reel 48674, frame 188 | D-Wave Systems Inc. | BDC Capital Inc. | Security Interest |
| Nov 29, 2019 Reel 51144, frame 499 | D-Wave Systems Inc. | BDC Capital Inc. | Security Interest |
| Mar 3, 2022 Reel 59317, frame 871 | D-Wave Systems Inc. | Pspib Unitas Investments II Inc. | Security Interest |
| Sep 20, 2022 Reel 61493, frame 694 | Pspib Unitas Investments II Inc., in Its Capacity as Collateral Agent | D-Wave Systems Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 14, 2023 Reel 63340, frame 888 | D-Wave Systems Inc.; 1372934 B.C. Ltd. | Pspib Unitas Investments II Inc., as Collateral Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Mar 11, 2025 Reel 70470, frame 98 | Pspib Unitas Investments II Inc. | D-Wave Systems Inc.; 1372934 B.C. Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 11, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Pspib Unitas Investments II Inc. | D-Wave Systems Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 11, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Pspib Unitas Investments II Inc. | 1372934 B.C. Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2035
Term ends May 18, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 298 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
135
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2016 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.