Term ends Jan 25, 2041 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 25, 2037
Held by Micronvision Corp.
Filed Mar 25, 2019 as application 16/363,209 · Granted Dec 5, 2023
Base term plus 1218 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2041
Clock starts
Sep 25, 2017
Sep 25, 2017
Term ends
Jan 25, 2041
Jan 25, 2041
Granted
Dec 5, 2023
Dec 5, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,218
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
27
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 1218 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Sep 25, 2017, when application PCT/US2017/053171, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 25, 2019) | Sep 25, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1218 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 25, 2041 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 25, 2041 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2017/053171 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,832,797 | this patent Jan 2041 | Jan 2041 |
| Application PCT/US2019/036060 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,071,442 | In force Dec 2039 | Dec 2039 |
| US 12,702,573 | In force May 2040 | May 2040 |
| US 12,268,358 | In force Nov 2041 | Nov 2041 |
| US 11,350,816 | In force Jun 2041 | Jun 2041 |
| US 11,330,973 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
8 of 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2019 Reel 48687, frame 804 | Ouyang, Xiaolong | Micronvision Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2041
Term ends Jan 25, 2041. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1218 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
35
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2023 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.