Term ends Jun 20, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 20, 2032
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 9,180,882), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Google LLC
Filed Oct 1, 2015 as application 14/872,270 · Granted Jun 27, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Jun 20, 2012
Jun 20, 2012
Term ends
Jun 20, 2032
Jun 20, 2032
Granted
Jun 27, 2017
Jun 27, 2017
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,874,267, US 9,180,882, to Jun 20, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 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 20, 2012, when application 13/528,122, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 1, 2015) | Jun 20, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,874,267, US 9,180,882) | resolves to Jun 20, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Jun 20, 2032 | Medium 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 | In force no later than Mar 2033 | no later than Mar 2033 |
| US 9,352,752 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 9,690,296 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2015 Reel 36704, frame 78 | Dolgov, Dmitri A.; Urmson, Christopher Paul | 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
Jun 2032
Term ends Jun 20, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,874,267, US 9,180,882, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2017 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
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.