Term ends Mar 14, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 6, 2034
Held by Emmecell, Inc.
Filed Aug 7, 2015 as application 14/766,735 · Granted Nov 19, 2019
Base term plus 1132 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2037
Clock starts
Feb 6, 2014
Feb 6, 2014
Term ends
Mar 14, 2037
Mar 14, 2037
Granted
Nov 19, 2019
Nov 19, 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
1,132
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 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.
2
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 1132 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 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 Feb 6, 2014, when application PCT/US2014/014984, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 7, 2015) | Feb 6, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1132 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 14, 2037 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 14, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,478,332 | this patent Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
1 of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2016 Reel 38915, frame 342 | Goldberg, Jeffrey L.; Goldberg, Roger A. | Emmetrope Ophthalmics LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 21, 2026 Reel 75344, frame 226 | Emmetrope Ophthalmics LLC | Emmecell, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2037
Term ends Mar 14, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1132 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median 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.