Term ends May 18, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 4, 2035
Held by Zoox, Inc.
Filed Nov 4, 2015 as application 14/756,993 · Granted Jan 30, 2018
Base term plus 196 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2036
Clock starts
Nov 4, 2015
Nov 4, 2015
Term ends
May 18, 2036
May 18, 2036
Granted
Jan 30, 2018
Jan 30, 2018
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
196
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.
72
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 196 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 Nov 4, 2015, when this application, 14/756,993, was filed | Nov 4, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +196 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 18, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 18, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,385,579 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 9,612,123 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| US 9,606,539 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| US 9,507,346 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| US 9,734,455 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| US 9,878,664 | this patent May 2036 | May 2036 |
| US 9,517,767 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| US 9,916,703 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
8 of 72 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2016 Reel 37897, frame 279 | Kentley, Timothy David; Levinson, Jesse Sol; Lind, Amanda Blair | Zoox, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 24, 2017 Reel 43388, frame 474 | Kentley-klay, Timothy David | Zoox, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
May 2036
Term ends May 18, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 196 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
72
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2018 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.