Term ends Jun 5, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 7, 2039
Held by Joby Aero, Inc.
Filed Jan 17, 2025 as application 19/028,503 · Granted Aug 11, 2026
Base term plus 29 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
May 7, 2019
May 7, 2019
Term ends
Jun 5, 2039
Jun 5, 2039
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Aug 11, 2026
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
29
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.
9
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 29 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 May 7, 2019, when application 16/405,493, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 17, 2025) | May 7, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +29 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 5, 2039 | 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 | Jun 5, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,244,572 | In force Oct 2039 | Oct 2039 |
| US 11,238,745 | In force Oct 2039 | Oct 2039 |
| Application PCT/US2020/037002 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,955,017 | In force Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
| US 12,057,021 | In force Oct 2039 | Oct 2039 |
| US 12,347,325 | In force May 2039 | May 2039 |
| US 12,725,099 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 12,705,551 | this patent Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2025 Reel 72574, frame 178 | Villa, Ian Andreas; Prevot, Thomas; Badalamenti, John Conway; Moore, Mark | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 14, 2025 Reel 73574, frame 814 | Uber Elevate, Inc. | Joby Elevate, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Nov 18, 2025 Reel 72937, frame 724 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | Uber Elevate, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 26, 2025 Reel 73040, frame 852 | Joby Elevate, Inc. | Joby Aero, 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
Jun 2039
Term ends Jun 5, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 29 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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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.