Term ends May 20, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 29, 2036
Held by Microvision, Inc.
Filed Nov 29, 2016 as application 15/364,085 · Granted Feb 11, 2020
Base term plus 537 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2038
Clock starts
Nov 29, 2016
Nov 29, 2016
Term ends
May 20, 2038
May 20, 2038
Granted
Feb 11, 2020
Feb 11, 2020
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
537
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
6
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 537 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Nov 29, 2016, when this application, 15/364,085, was filed | Nov 29, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +537 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 20, 2038 | 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 | May 20, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,557,940 | this patent May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 9,823,353 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 9,857,468 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 9,874,635 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 9,958,545 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 10,012,732 | In force no later than Nov 2036 | no later than Nov 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 2016 Reel 40456, frame 986 | Eichenholz, Jason M.; Russell, Austin K.; Campbell, Scott R.; Villeneuve, Alain; Cleye, Rodger W.; Lachapelle, Joseph G.; Weed, Matthew D.; Martin, Lane A. | Luminar Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 16, 2019 Reel 51295, frame 519 | Gaalema, Stephen D. | Luminar Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 25, 2023 Reel 64371, frame 452 | Luminar, LLC | Luminar Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 9, 2023 Reel 64532, frame 508 | Lazr, Inc. | Luminar Holdco, LLC | Merger |
| Aug 9, 2023 Reel 64532, frame 630 | Luminar Technologies, Inc. | Lazr, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Aug 9, 2023 Reel 64532, frame 829 | Luminar Holdco, LLC | Luminar, LLC | Change of Name |
| Nov 6, 2024 Reel 69312, frame 669 | Luminar Technologies, Inc.; Luminar , LLC; Freedom Photonics LLC | Glas Trust Company LLC | Security Interest |
| Nov 6, 2024 Reel 69312, frame 713 | Liminar Technologies, Inc.; Luminar, LLC; Freedom Photonics LLC | Glas Trust Company LLC | Security Interest |
| Nov 27, 2024 Reel 69990, frame 772 | Luminar Technologies, Inc.; Luminar , LLC; Freedom Photonics LLC | Glas Trust Company LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Name of the First Conveying Party Previously Recorded at Reel: 69312 Frame: 713. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Feb 4, 2026 Reel 74944, frame 658 | Glas Trust Company LLC | Luminar Technologies, Inc.; Luminar LLC | Partial Release of Security Interest in Patents and Trademarks |
| Feb 4, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Glas Trust Company LLC | Luminar Technologies, Inc. | Partial Release of Security Interest in Patents and Trademarks |
| Feb 4, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Glas Trust Company LLC | Luminar LLC | Partial Release of Security Interest in Patents and Trademarks |
| Feb 6, 2026 Reel 74733, frame 220 | Glas Trust Company LLC | Luminar Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 6, 2026 Reel 75282, frame 141 | Luminar Technologies, Inc. | Microvision, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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May 2038
Term ends May 20, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 537 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
64
later US patents cite this one
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