Term ends Apr 26, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 9, 2036
Held by Simbe Robotics, Inc.
Filed Feb 14, 2020 as application 16/792,101 · Granted Mar 15, 2022
Base term plus 168 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
Nov 9, 2016
Nov 9, 2016
Term ends
Apr 26, 2037
Apr 26, 2037
Granted
Mar 15, 2022
Mar 15, 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
168
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 10,607,182, to Apr 26, 2037. 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.
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 168 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, 2016, when application 15/347,689, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 14, 2020) | Nov 9, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +168 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 26, 2037 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,607,182) | resolves to Apr 26, 2037, 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 26, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,607,182 | In force Jun 2037 | Jun 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2017/033660 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2017/033668 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2017/033655 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,276,034 | this patent Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| US 12,243,005 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
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 23, 2021 Reel 55365, frame 335 | Shah, Mirza Akbar; Bogolea, Bradley; Gee, Jeffrey | Simbe Robotics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 17, 2023 Reel 63669, frame 757 | Simbe Robotics, Inc. | Eastward Fund Management, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jan 4, 2024 Reel 66023, frame 126 | Eastward Fund Management, LLC | Simbe Robotics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Apr 2037
Term ends Apr 26, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 168 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 10,607,182, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
23
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
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.