Term ends May 22, 2040 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 10, 2039
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Intergraph Corporation
Filed Apr 22, 2020 as application 16/855,664 · Granted Oct 1, 2024
Base term plus 347 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2040
Clock starts
Jun 10, 2019
Jun 10, 2019
Term ends
May 22, 2040
May 22, 2040
Granted
Oct 1, 2024
Oct 1, 2024
base term
patent term adjustment
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
347
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.
5
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 347 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Jun 10, 2019, when application 16/436,546, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 22, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 10, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +347 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 22, 2040 | 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 | May 22, 2040 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,735,028 | In force Jul 2041 | Jul 2041 |
| US 12,106,657 | this patent May 2040 | May 2040 |
| US 12,125,368 | In force Mar 2040 | Mar 2040 |
| US 11,615,695 | In force Jun 2040 | Jun 2040 |
| US 12,651,522 | In force Mar 2040 | Mar 2040 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
May 2040
Term ends May 22, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 347 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
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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.