Term ends Sep 4, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 24, 2034
Held by STC.UNM
Filed Apr 4, 2016 as application 15/027,069 · Granted Apr 23, 2019
Base term plus 345 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2035
Clock starts
Sep 24, 2014
Sep 24, 2014
Term ends
Sep 4, 2035
Sep 4, 2035
Granted
Apr 23, 2019
Apr 23, 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
345
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 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.
4
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 345 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 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 Sep 24, 2014, when application PCT/US2014/057260, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 4, 2016) | Sep 24, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +345 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 4, 2035 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 4, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2014/057260 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,266,904 | this patent Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 11,248,271 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| Application 17/563,718 | Pending not computed | not computed |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2035
Term ends Sep 4, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 345 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
44
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2019 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
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.