Term ends Mar 14, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 24, 2035
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Filed Feb 29, 2016 as application 15/056,744 · Granted Apr 10, 2018
Base term plus 264 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2036
Clock starts
Jun 24, 2015
Jun 24, 2015
Term ends
Mar 14, 2036
Mar 14, 2036
Granted
Apr 10, 2018
Apr 10, 2018
base term
patent term adjustment
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
264
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
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 264 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 24, 2015, when application 14/749,373, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 29, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 24, 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 | +264 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 14, 2036 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 14, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,630,498 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2021 | Apr 2021 |
| US 10,086,699 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 9,937,795 | this patent Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 9,865,164 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| US 10,150,370 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2016 Reel 38104, frame 92 | Konet, Heather; Goudy, Roy; Christensen, Andrew | Nissan North America, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 8, 2018 Reel 46583, frame 453 | Nissan North America, Inc. | Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2036
Term ends Mar 14, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 264 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
27
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2018 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.