Term ends Sep 19, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 21, 2029
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by SenoRx, Inc.
Filed May 7, 2014 as application 14/272,075 · Granted Sep 29, 2020
Base term plus 1094 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2032
Clock starts
Sep 21, 2009
Sep 21, 2009
Term ends
Sep 19, 2032
Sep 19, 2032
Granted
Sep 29, 2020
Sep 29, 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
1,094
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 1094 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Sep 21, 2009, when application 12/586,449, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 7, 2014); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 21, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1094 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 19, 2032 | 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 | Sep 19, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,327,061 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2009/005268 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,786,604 | this patent Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 11,833,275 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
4 of 5 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2032
Term ends Sep 19, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1094 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
13
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.