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Device, Strap and Garment for Treating Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders and for Repairing Sports Injury, and Method for Making Same

US 10,238,572 In force
OverviewSources & methods

Term ends May 8, 2028 · Medium confidence

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

Held by Thuasne
Filed Apr 9, 2015 as application 14/682,129 · Granted Mar 26, 2019
Base term plus 594 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2028
Clock starts
Sep 22, 2006
Term ends
May 8, 2028
Granted
Mar 26, 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
594
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.

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 filingClock starts Sep 22, 2006, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Apr 9, 2015); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Sep 22, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+594 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 8, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 8, 2028Medium confidence

Sources

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