Term ends Jun 1, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 21, 2031
Held by Medtimo Inc.
Filed Feb 27, 2018 as application 15/906,942 · Granted Apr 7, 2020
Base term plus 131 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Jan 21, 2011
Jan 21, 2011
Term ends
Jun 1, 2031
Jun 1, 2031
Granted
Apr 7, 2020
Apr 7, 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
131
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.
13
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 131 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 Jan 21, 2011, when application PCT/US2011/022165, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 27, 2018) | Jan 21, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +131 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 1, 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 | Jun 1, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2011/022165 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,740,927 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 9,351,862 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 9,827,128 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| US 9,662,239 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 10,463,520 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 10,610,396 | this patent Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| US 11,737,899 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
8 of 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2018 Reel 47836, frame 580 | Brister, Mark C.; Faucher, Paul D.; Drake, Neil R.; Rasdal, Andrew P.; Lake, Matthew S.; Markovic, Dubravka; Vandenberg, Amy D.l.; Llevares, Antonio C.; Nider, Josefina | Obalon Therapeutics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 6, 2021 Reel 57726, frame 716 | Obalon Therapeutics, Inc. | Reshape Lifesciences Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 24, 2024 Reel 70166, frame 882 | Reshape Lifesciences Inc. | Ascent Partners Fund LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 23, 2025 Reel 72955, frame 766 | Reshape Lifesciences Inc. | Medtimo Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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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
Jun 2031
Term ends Jun 1, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 131 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
14
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.