Term ends Sep 15, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 5, 2039
Held by Alpine Electronics, Inc.
Filed Feb 5, 2019 as application 16/267,614 · Granted Oct 26, 2021
Base term plus 222 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Feb 5, 2019
Feb 5, 2019
Term ends
Sep 15, 2039
Sep 15, 2039
Granted
Oct 26, 2021
Oct 26, 2021
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
222
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 222 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 Feb 5, 2019, when this application, 16/267,614, was filed | Feb 5, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +222 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 15, 2039 | 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 | Sep 15, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,502,955 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| US 10,698,253 | In force Nov 2038 | Nov 2038 |
| US 11,181,386 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 11,243,533 | In force Mar 2039 | Mar 2039 |
| US 10,755,711 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 11,158,196 | this patent Sep 2039 | Sep 2039 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2019 Reel 48238, frame 238 | Ozawa, Minoru | Alpine Electronics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Sep 2039
Term ends Sep 15, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 222 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2021 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.