Term ended Feb 14, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 14, 2026
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 10,578,738), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Aeva, Inc.
Filed Feb 13, 2020 as application 16/790,149 · Granted Oct 11, 2022
Base term plus 44 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Term ended Feb 14, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Feb 14, 2006
Feb 14, 2006
Term ended
Feb 14, 2026
Feb 14, 2026
Granted
Oct 11, 2022
Oct 11, 2022
base term
after the term ends
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
44
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 10,578,738, US 8,582,085.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it 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 44 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. Confidence: Medium. 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 14, 2006, when application 11/353,123, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 13, 2020) | Feb 14, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +44 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 30, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,578,738, US 8,582,085) | capped to Feb 14, 2026 | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 14, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,511,824 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 7,920,272 | Term ended no later than Feb 2026 | no later than Feb 2026 |
| US 8,582,085 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US 9,864,060 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 10,578,738 | Term ended no later than Feb 2026 | no later than Feb 2026 |
| US 11,467,282 | this patent Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US 12,693,413 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2021 Reel 58520, frame 78 | Stereovision Imaging, Inc. | Mvi (ABC), LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 17, 2021 Reel 58533, frame 549 | Mvi (ABC), LLC | Aeva, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 17, 2021 Reel 58533, frame 569 | Horizon Technology Finance Corporation | Stereovision Imaging, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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Note
The 44 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 10,578,738, US 8,582,085.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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