Lapsed Jul 17, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 29, 2028
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Fina Technology, Inc.
Filed Oct 28, 2014 as application 14/525,456 · Granted Jul 17, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 718 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jul 17, 2026
2008
2030
Clock starts
Dec 29, 2008
Dec 29, 2008
No longer in force
Jul 17, 2026
Jul 17, 2026
Granted
Jul 17, 2018
Jul 17, 2018
Term would have run to
Dec 17, 2030
Dec 17, 2030
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
718
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
8
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 Dec 17, 2030: its 20-year base term plus 718 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Dec 29, 2008, when application 12/345,593, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 28, 2014) | Dec 29, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +718 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 17, 2030 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jul 17, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 17, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,105,969 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| Application PCT/US2009/068899 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,912,109 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2012/037699 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 13/957,106 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,022,710 | this patent Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 10,369,552 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
7 of 8 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
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Note
The 718 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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