Term ends Apr 1, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 16, 2037
Held by Jabil Inc.
Filed Nov 16, 2018 as application 16/302,477 · Granted Mar 29, 2022
Base term plus 320 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2038
Clock starts
May 16, 2017
May 16, 2017
Term ends
Apr 1, 2038
Apr 1, 2038
Granted
Mar 29, 2022
Mar 29, 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
320
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 320 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 May 16, 2017, when application PCT/US2017/032962, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 16, 2018) | May 16, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +320 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 1, 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 | Apr 1, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2017/032962 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,287,809 | this patent Apr 2038 | Apr 2038 |
| US 11,914,349 | In force May 2037 | May 2037 |
| US 11,789,438 | In force May 2037 | May 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2022/050702 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 12,645,214 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
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 3, 2022 Reel 58879, frame 386 | Shibuya, Bruce | Jabil Circuit, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 3, 2022 Reel 58945, frame 163 | Jabil Circuit, Inc. | Jabil Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 9, 2022 Reel 58981, frame 721 | Jabil Circuit, Inc. | Jabil Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Apr 2038
Term ends Apr 1, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 320 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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.