Term ends Dec 27, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 27, 2038
Filed Dec 27, 2018 as application 16/234,402 · Granted Sep 8, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Dec 27, 2018
Dec 27, 2018
Term ends
Dec 27, 2038
Dec 27, 2038
Granted
Sep 8, 2020
Sep 8, 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.
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Family applications on record here
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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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 27, 2018, when this application, 16/234,402, was filed | Dec 27, 2038 | 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 | Dec 27, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,768,970 | this patent Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,481,242 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 12,367,060 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2020 Reel 53232, frame 683 | York, Nicholas; Lee, Rosanna; Neema, Vishal; Pan, Xiaohong | Virtual Instruments Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 10, 2022 Reel 58668, frame 268 | Virtual Instruments Corporation; Virtual Instruments Worldwide, Inc.; Xangati, Inc. | Midtown Madison Management LLC | Security Interest |
| May 19, 2022 Reel 59964, frame 258 | Virtual Instruments Corporation | Virtual Instruments Worldwide, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2038
Term ends Dec 27, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
22
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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