Term ends Apr 1, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 9, 2035
No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed Sep 30, 2019 as application 16/588,922 · Granted Dec 28, 2021
Base term plus 144 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2036
Clock starts
Nov 9, 2015
Nov 9, 2015
Term ends
Apr 1, 2036
Apr 1, 2036
Granted
Dec 28, 2021
Dec 28, 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
144
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,430,165, to Apr 1, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
7
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 144 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 9, 2015, when application 14/936,663, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 30, 2019) | Nov 9, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +144 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 1, 2036 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,430,165) | resolves to Apr 1, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Apr 1, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,430,165 | In force Jul 2037 | Jul 2037 |
| US 11,398,740 | In force Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
| US 11,152,807 | In force Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
| US 11,210,069 | this patent Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 11,726,751 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| US 12,217,028 | In force no later than Nov 2035 | no later than Nov 2035 |
| Application 19/041,511 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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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
Apr 2036
Term ends Apr 1, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 144 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,430,165, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite 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.