Term ends Jul 15, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 30, 2027
Held by Cochlear Limited
Filed Jun 24, 2013 as application 13/925,444 · Granted Jan 21, 2020
Base term plus 1354 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2031
Clock starts
Oct 30, 2007
Oct 30, 2007
Term ends
Jul 15, 2031
Jul 15, 2031
Granted
Jan 21, 2020
Jan 21, 2020
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,354
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.
5
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 1354 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 Oct 30, 2007, when application 11/928,850, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 24, 2013) | Oct 30, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1354 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 15, 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 | Jul 15, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,472,654 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2008/081840 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,542,350 | this patent Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 12,156,749 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| Application 18/764,689 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2019 Reel 50732, frame 611 | Miller, Scott Allan | Cochlear Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jul 2031
Term ends Jul 15, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1354 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2020 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.