The Patent Finder
US

Quantum Key Distribution Information Leakage Due to Backflashes in Single Photon Avalanche Photodiodes

US 10,666,433 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Feb 13, 2038 · High confidence

Filed Sep 12, 2017 as application 15/702,085 · Granted May 26, 2020
Base term plus 154 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2038
Clock starts
Sep 12, 2017
Term ends
Feb 13, 2038
Granted
May 26, 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
154
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.
4
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 154 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 12, 2017, when this application, 15/702,085, was filedSep 12, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+154 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 13, 2038High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 13, 2038High confidence

This family

US 10,666,433this patent
Feb 2038
Feb 2038
US 10,855,456In force
Sep 2037
Sep 2037
US 12,015,700In force
Sep 2037
Sep 2037
Application 18/654,203Pending
not computed
not computed
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 22, 2017
Reel 43660, frame 256
Stack, Daniel T.; Pappas, Stephen P.; Rodenburg, Brandon V.; Lualdi, Colin P.The Mitre CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

The Patent Finder CompaniesExpirationsCalculatorWatchlistPricing MethodologyCorrectionsLegalPrivacysupport@thepatentfinder.com Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) Part of 137 Finder · © 2026 137 Finder LLC · Sources cited