Term ends Jul 21, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 14, 2030
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Bard Access Systems, Inc.
Filed Nov 30, 2016 as application 15/365,872 · Granted Apr 30, 2019
Base term plus 37 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jun 14, 2010
Jun 14, 2010
Term ends
Jul 21, 2030
Jul 21, 2030
Granted
Apr 30, 2019
Apr 30, 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
37
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.
9
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 37 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jun 14, 2010, when application 12/815,331, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 30, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 14, 2030 | 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 | +37 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 21, 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 | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 21, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,339,206 | In force Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| US 9,445,734 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 9,125,578 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 9,532,724 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 10,231,643 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 10,349,857 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 10,271,762 | this patent Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 10,912,488 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
8 of 9 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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What's changing
Jul 2030
Term ends Jul 21, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 37 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
62
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.