Term ends Jul 22, 2035 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 22, 2035
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 10,932,085), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Snap Inc.
Filed Jan 15, 2021 as application 17/248,252 · Granted Dec 13, 2022
Base term plus 146 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Jul 22, 2015
Jul 22, 2015
Term ends
Jul 22, 2035
Jul 22, 2035
Granted
Dec 13, 2022
Dec 13, 2022
base term
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
146
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 10,932,085.
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.
10
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 146 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: 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 Jul 22, 2015, when application 14/805,489, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 15, 2021) | Jul 22, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +146 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 15, 2035 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,932,085) | capped to Jul 22, 2035 | Medium 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 | Jul 22, 2035 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,521,515 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 9,801,018 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 10,123,167 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 10,123,166 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 10,536,800 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 10,932,085 | In force no later than Jul 2035 | no later than Jul 2035 |
| US 11,528,579 | this patent Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 11,910,267 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2021 Reel 55021, frame 105 | Zimerman, Gadi; Sadeh, Ido | Mobli Technologies 2010 Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 25, 2021 Reel 55021, frame 495 | Mobli Technologies 2010 Ltd. | Snap Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2035
Term ends Jul 22, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 146 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 10,932,085.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.