Term ends no later than Mar 11, 2033 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 11, 2033
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Google LLC
Filed Jul 17, 2014 as application 14/333,839 · Granted Jul 7, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Mar 11, 2013
Mar 11, 2013
Ends no later than
Mar 11, 2033
Mar 11, 2033
Granted
Jul 7, 2015
Jul 7, 2015
base term
fee events
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
2 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.
18
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 Mar 11, 2013, when application 13/792,774, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 17, 2014); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 11, 2033 | 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 | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Mar 11, 2033 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 9,180,882 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 |
| US 8,825,258 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 8,818,608 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 8,874,267 | In force Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| US 9,075,413 | this patent no later than Mar 2033 | no later than Mar 2033 |
| US 9,352,752 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 9,690,296 | In force Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| US 9,511,779 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2014 Reel 33339, frame 430 | Cullinane, Brian; Nemec, Philip; Clement, Manuel Christian; Mariet, Robertus Christianus Elisabeth; Jonsson, Lilli Ing-marie | Google Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 27, 2017 Reel 42099, frame 935 | Google Inc. | Waymo Holding Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 28, 2017 Reel 42108, frame 21 | Waymo Holding Inc. | Waymo LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 6, 2017 Reel 44144, frame 1 | Google Inc. | Google LLC | Change of Name |
| Nov 11, 2019 Reel 50978, frame 359 | Waymo LLC | Waymo LLC | Submission to Correct an Error Made in a Previously Recorded Document That Erroneously Affects the Identified Applications |
| Mar 4, 2024 Reel 68092, frame 502 | Google Inc. | Google LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Removal of the Incorrectly Recorded Application Numbers 14/149802 and 15/419313 Previously Recorded at Reel: 44144 Frame: 1. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Mar 2033
Term ends no later than Mar 11, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Mar 11, 2033. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
250
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2015 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.