Term ends Jul 31, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 27, 2026
Held by Therap Services, LLC
Filed Jun 29, 2016 as application 15/197,120 · Granted Mar 10, 2020
Base term plus 612 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Nov 27, 2006
Nov 27, 2006
Term ends
Jul 31, 2028
Jul 31, 2028
Granted
Mar 10, 2020
Mar 10, 2020
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
612
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.
18
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 612 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 Nov 27, 2006, when application 11/604,577, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 29, 2016) | Nov 27, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +612 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 31, 2028 | 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 31, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,281,370 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| Application 12/120,184 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2008/063758 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,937,041 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 8,615,790 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,613,054 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| Application 13/675,440 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US 10,586,290 | this patent Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2016 Reel 39064, frame 432 | Brockie, Justin Mark; Ali, Md. Asif; Faruq, A.s.m. Omar; Kelly, James Michael; Rafique, Sazzad; Robbins, Richard Allen | Therap Services, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jul 2028
Term ends Jul 31, 2028. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 612 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below 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.