Term ends Oct 4, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 7, 2039
Held by Joby Aero, Inc.
Filed May 7, 2019 as application 16/405,493 · Granted Feb 8, 2022
Base term plus 258 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
May 7, 2019
May 7, 2019
Term ends
Oct 4, 2039
Oct 4, 2039
Granted
Feb 8, 2022
Feb 8, 2022
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
258
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,960,975.
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.
9
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 258 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 May 7, 2019, when this application, 16/405,493, was filed | May 7, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +258 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 20, 2040 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,960,975) | capped to Oct 4, 2039 | 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 | Oct 4, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,244,572 | this patent Oct 2039 | Oct 2039 |
| US 11,238,745 | In force Oct 2039 | Oct 2039 |
| Application PCT/US2020/037002 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,955,017 | In force Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
| US 12,057,021 | In force Oct 2039 | Oct 2039 |
| US 12,347,325 | In force May 2039 | May 2039 |
| US 12,725,099 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 12,705,551 | In force Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
8 of 9 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2020 Reel 53038, frame 939 | Villa, Ian Andreas; Prevot, Thomas; Badalamenti, John Conway; Moore, Mark | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 16, 2021 Reel 55310, frame 555 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Uber Elevate, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 16, 2021 Reel 55310, frame 609 | Uber Elevate, Inc. | Joby Elevate, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Aug 2, 2021 Reel 57652, frame 16 | Joby Elevate, Inc. | Joby Aero, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 19, 2023 Reel 63375, frame 776 | Joby Elevate, Inc. | Joby Aero, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Address Should Be #225 Instead of #255 Previously Recorded at Reel: 057652 Frame: 0016. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Apr 15, 2026 Reel 75407, frame 147 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Uber Elevate, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 16, 2026 Reel 75430, frame 172 | Joby Elevate, Inc. | Joby Aero, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 16, 2026 Reel 75430, frame 80 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Uber Elevate, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Oct 2039
Term ends Oct 4, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 258 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,960,975.
Citations
38
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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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.