Term ends Nov 23, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 28, 2037
Held by AB Initio Original Works LLC
Filed Aug 28, 2017 as application 15/688,587 · Granted Nov 10, 2020
Base term plus 452 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2038
Clock starts
Aug 28, 2017
Aug 28, 2017
Term ends
Nov 23, 2038
Nov 23, 2038
Granted
Nov 10, 2020
Nov 10, 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
452
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.
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 runs 452 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 Aug 28, 2017, when this application, 15/688,587, was filed | Aug 28, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +452 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 23, 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 | Nov 23, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,831,509 | this patent Nov 2038 | Nov 2038 |
| Application PCT/US2018/019272 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,080,067 | In force Nov 2037 | Nov 2037 |
| US 11,409,545 | In force Nov 2037 | Nov 2037 |
| US 11,947,978 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 11,669,343 | In force Nov 2037 | Nov 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2022/016457 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,983,548 | In force no later than Aug 2037 | no later than Aug 2037 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2017 Reel 43445, frame 591 | Ravid, Oded; Rossi, Larry Paul; Baxter, Peter; Gould, Joel | AB Initio Software LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 30, 2017 Reel 43445, frame 630 | AB Initio Software LLC | AB Initio Original Works LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 30, 2017 Reel 43445, frame 726 | AB Initio Original Works | AB Initio Technology LLC | Assignment 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.
What's changing
Nov 2038
Term ends Nov 23, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 452 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
25
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.
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.