Term ends Feb 20, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 20, 2027
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Coloplast A/S
Filed Jun 9, 2017 as application 15/618,149 · Granted Apr 27, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Feb 20, 2007
Feb 20, 2007
Term ends
Feb 20, 2027
Feb 20, 2027
Granted
Apr 27, 2021
Apr 27, 2021
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
7
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 1 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 Feb 20, 2007, when application PCT/DK2007/000096, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 9, 2017); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 20, 2027 | 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 | None on file | no change | 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 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 20, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,398,603 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 9,216,104 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 11,096,818 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 10,016,298 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 10,987,243 | this patent Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| Application 17/375,040 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
6 of 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2017 Reel 42656, frame 705 | Thirstrup, Carsten; Nielsson, Daniel; Pranov, Henrik; Lading, Lars | Coloplast A/S | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Feb 2027
Term ends Feb 20, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
74
later US patents cite this one
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