Term ends Nov 12, 2035 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 7, 2035
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Quantum-Si Incorporated
Filed Mar 20, 2024 as application 18/611,338 · Granted Jun 16, 2026
Base term plus 97 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Aug 7, 2015
Aug 7, 2015
Term ends
Nov 12, 2035
Nov 12, 2035
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
Jun 16, 2026
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
97
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 97 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 2 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 Aug 7, 2015, when application 14/821,688, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 20, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 7, 2035 | 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 | +97 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 12, 2035 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 12, 2035 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,885,657 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| US 10,174,363 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| US 11,001,875 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| US 11,970,729 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 12,655,467 | this patent Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2024 Reel 68708, frame 679 | Rothberg, Jonathan M.; Lackey, Jeremy; Reed, Brian; Shi, Xinghua; Huang, Haidong | Quantum-Si Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Nov 2035
Term ends Nov 12, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 97 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
We have no citation count for this patent yet. That is not the same as never having been cited.
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.