Term ends Dec 21, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 21, 2036
Filed Feb 20, 2019 as application 16/280,239 · Granted Sep 24, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Dec 21, 2016
Dec 21, 2016
Term ends
Dec 21, 2036
Dec 21, 2036
Granted
Sep 24, 2019
Sep 24, 2019
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 10,133,944, US 10,229,341, US 10,235,565, to Dec 21, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
8
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Dec 21, 2016, when application 15/386,220, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 20, 2019) | Dec 21, 2036 | 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 10,133,944, US 10,229,341, US 10,235,565) | resolves to Dec 21, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 21, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,133,944 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 10,229,341 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 10,282,615 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| US 10,789,495 | In force Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| US 10,235,565 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 10,387,741 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 10,423,856 | this patent Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 10,387,725 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
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 20, 2019 Reel 48381, frame 648 | Zink, Edmund Dawes; Hauger, Douglas Allen; Junge, Lutz; Hernandez Gonzalez, Luis Marcial; Gipson, Jerramy L.; Vu, Anh; Hempel, Martin; George, Nikhil J. | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 Reel 48381, frame 699 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. | Volkswagen AG; Audi AG; Porsche AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. | Volkswagen AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. | Audi AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. | Porsche AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2036
Term ends Dec 21, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,133,944, US 10,229,341, US 10,235,565, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2019 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.