Term ends Aug 3, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 19, 2027
Held by Sonendo, Inc.
Filed Jun 13, 2014 as application 14/304,737 · Granted Jul 3, 2018
Base term plus 472 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Apr 19, 2007
Apr 19, 2007
Term ends
Aug 3, 2028
Aug 3, 2028
Granted
Jul 3, 2018
Jul 3, 2018
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
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
472
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 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.
11
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 472 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 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 Apr 19, 2007, when application 11/737,710, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 13, 2014) | Apr 19, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +472 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 3, 2028 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 3, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,753,121 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 10,010,388 | this patent Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 10,617,498 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 10,016,263 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 10,039,625 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 11,918,432 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 10,835,355 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| Application 16/546,032 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2017 Reel 42970, frame 807 | Sonendo, Inc. | Perceptivecredit Holdings, LP | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 5, 2018 Reel 47721, frame 9 | Sonendo, Inc. | Perceptive Credit Holdings, LP | Amendment to Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 24, 2021 Reel 57279, frame 436 | Perceptive Credit Holdings, LP | Perceptive Credit Holdings III, LP | Assignment of Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 27, 2021 Reel 57938, frame 726 | Gharib, Morteza; Adams, Joshua; Hars, Erik; Bergheim, Bjarne; Stocks, Karl; Doherty, Lance | Dentatek Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 27, 2021 Reel 57945, frame 946 | Dentatek Corporation | Sonendo, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2028
Term ends Aug 3, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 472 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
52
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
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