Lapsed Jul 3, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 28, 2028
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Pioneer Corporation
Filed Oct 2, 2017 as application 15/722,467 · Granted Jul 3, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jul 3, 2022
2008
2028
Clock starts
Mar 28, 2008
Mar 28, 2008
No longer in force
Jul 3, 2022
Jul 3, 2022
Granted
Jul 3, 2018
Jul 3, 2018
Term would have run to
Mar 28, 2028
Mar 28, 2028
base term
after the term ends
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 8,731,232, US 9,351,058, US 9,602,900, US 9,924,262, to Mar 28, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.
10
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Mar 28, 2028: 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. 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 Mar 28, 2008, when application PCT/JP2008/056085, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 2, 2017) | Mar 28, 2028 | 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 8,731,232, US 9,351,058, US 9,602,900, US 9,924,262) | resolves to Mar 28, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jul 3, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 3, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,731,232 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 9,148,715 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 |
| US 9,351,058 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 9,602,900 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 9,924,262 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 10,015,585 | this patent Jul 2022 | Jul 2022 |
| US 10,284,946 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 10,194,236 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
8 of 10 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,731,232, US 9,351,058, US 9,602,900, US 9,924,262, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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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