Term ends Feb 28, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 4, 2030
Held by Liko Research & Development AB
Filed Nov 23, 2016 as application 15/360,373 · Granted Jun 18, 2019
Base term plus 361 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Mar 4, 2010
Mar 4, 2010
Term ends
Feb 28, 2031
Feb 28, 2031
Granted
Jun 18, 2019
Jun 18, 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
361
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 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.
10
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 361 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is 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 Mar 4, 2010, when application 12/717,532, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 23, 2016) | Mar 4, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +361 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 28, 2031 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 28, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,604,219 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US D665,963 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 8,474,794 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| US D674,981 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 9,527,699 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 10,322,046 | this patent Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 10,780,004 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| Application 62/968,362 | Pending not computed | not computed |
8 of 10 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 2016 Reel 40411, frame 752 | Liljedahl, Gunnar | Liko Research & Development AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Feb 2031
Term ends Feb 28, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 361 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.