Term ends Sep 7, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 7, 2031
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Filed Aug 13, 2018 as application 16/102,548 · Granted Nov 3, 2020
Base term plus 247 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Sep 7, 2011
Sep 7, 2011
Term ends
Sep 7, 2031
Sep 7, 2031
Granted
Nov 3, 2020
Nov 3, 2020
base term
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
247
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,809,772, US 9,147,562.
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.
8
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 247 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 7, 2011, when application PCT/IB2011/002057, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 13, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 7, 2031 | 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 | +247 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 11, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,809,772, US 9,147,562) | capped to Sep 7, 2031 | 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 7, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,809,772 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,147,562 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,460,900 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,842,731 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 10,074,527 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 10,825,667 | this patent Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 11,107,666 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
7 of 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2018 Reel 46632, frame 299 | Bonner, Ronald F.; Tate, Stephen A. | DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 13, 2018 Reel 46785, frame 580 | DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd. | DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd. | Change of Address |
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What's changing
Sep 2031
Term ends Sep 7, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 247 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,809,772, US 9,147,562.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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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.