Also listed on Schaft Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends May 4, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 4, 2035
Held by Google LLC
Filed Feb 1, 2016 as application 15/012,091 · Granted Jan 17, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
May 4, 2015
May 4, 2015
Term ends
May 4, 2035
May 4, 2035
Granted
Jan 17, 2017
Jan 17, 2017
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,280,159, to May 4, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
3
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. 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 May 4, 2015, when application 14/703,050, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 1, 2016) | May 4, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,280,159) | resolves to May 4, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 4, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 62/051,336 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,280,159 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 9,545,720 | this patent May 2035 | May 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2016 Reel 37633, frame 756 | Ito, Nobuyuki; Urata, Junichi | Google Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 1, 2016 Reel 39900, frame 610 | Google Inc. | X Development LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 11, 2017 Reel 43547, frame 563 | X Development LLC | Schaft Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 5, 2017 Reel 44129, frame 1 | Google Inc. | Google LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
May 2035
Term ends May 4, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,280,159, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2017 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.