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US 10,172,693 In force

Overview Sources & methods

Term ends Apr 24, 2029 · Medium confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Held by Align Technology, Inc.

Filed Mar 7, 2016 as application 15/063,062 · Granted Jan 8, 2019

Base term plus 161 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Apr 24, 2029

2009 2029

Clock starts
Mar 19, 2009

Term ends
Apr 24, 2029

Granted
Jan 8, 2019

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

161

Days of term adjustment

Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.

Capped

Terminal disclaimer

Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,292,617, US 9,277,972.

1 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.

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 19, 2009, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Mar 7, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)	Mar 19, 2029	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	+161 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Aug 27, 2029	High confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,292,617, US 9,277,972)	capped to Apr 24, 2029	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	1 of 2 maintenance fees paid	In force	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Apr 24, 2029	Medium confidence

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

Not on this page: the patent's family, its recorded assignments and its citation count. USPTO's assignment records, linked above, list every recorded assignment.

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.

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Term ends Apr 24, 2029 · Medium confidence

20-year base term ends Mar 19, 2029

How we calculated this date

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