Term ends Feb 23, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 8, 2038
Held by Autodesk, Inc.
Filed Jun 9, 2021 as application 17/343,566 · Granted Mar 5, 2024
USPTO first gave this application the number US 11,880,230 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term plus 107 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2039
Clock starts
Nov 8, 2018
Nov 8, 2018
Term ends
Feb 23, 2039
Feb 23, 2039
Granted
Mar 5, 2024
Mar 5, 2024
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
107
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 11,157,662, to Feb 23, 2039. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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 107 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. 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 Nov 8, 2018, when application 16/184,974, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 9, 2021) | Nov 8, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +107 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 23, 2039 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,157,662) | resolves to Feb 23, 2039, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Feb 23, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,157,662 | In force Oct 2039 | Oct 2039 |
| US 11,222,146 | In force Feb 2040 | Feb 2040 |
| Application PCT/US2018/060189 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,922,099 | this patent Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 12,112,100 | In force Nov 2038 | Nov 2038 |
| Application 18/595,173 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 2021 Reel 58200, frame 387 | Benjamin, David; Stoddart, James; Villaggi, Lorenzo; Nagy, Danil | Autodesk, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Feb 2039
Term ends Feb 23, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 107 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 11,157,662, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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.