Term ends Jan 10, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 10, 2037
Held by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Filed Dec 6, 2018 as application 16/211,923 · Granted Jan 21, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Jan 10, 2017
Jan 10, 2017
Term ends
Jan 10, 2037
Jan 10, 2037
Granted
Jan 21, 2020
Jan 21, 2020
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.
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.
33
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 10, 2017, when application 15/403,088, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 6, 2018) | Jan 10, 2037 | 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 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 10, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 12,561,270 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| US 11,461,258 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 10,346,041 | In force Jun 2037 | Jun 2037 |
| US 10,210,123 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 10,372,659 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 10,387,353 | In force Jun 2037 | Jun 2037 |
| US 12,556,417 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| US 10,540,311 | this patent Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
8 of 33 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
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What's changing
Jan 2037
Term ends Jan 10, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
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