Lapsed Jan 30, 2026 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 12, 2033
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Google LLC
Filed Oct 14, 2016 as application 15/293,838 · Granted Jan 30, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jan 30, 2026
2013
2033
Clock starts
Dec 12, 2013
Dec 12, 2013
No longer in force
Jan 30, 2026
Jan 30, 2026
Granted
Jan 30, 2018
Jan 30, 2018
Term would have run to
Dec 12, 2033
Dec 12, 2033
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
3
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 12, 2033: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Dec 12, 2013, when application PCT/JP2013/083313, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 14, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 12, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jan 30, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 30, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,503,013 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 9,882,523 | this patent Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
2 of 3 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 17, 2016 Reel 40032, frame 62 | Urata, Junichi; Inaba, Masayuki | Schaft Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 5, 2017 Reel 44695, frame 115 | Google Inc. | Google LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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