Term ends Mar 15, 2028 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 8, 2028
Held by Ofip Limited
Filed Jan 28, 2019 as application 16/258,686 · Granted Apr 27, 2021
Base term plus 67 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jan 8, 2008
Jan 8, 2008
Term ends
Mar 15, 2028
Mar 15, 2028
Granted
Apr 27, 2021
Apr 27, 2021
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
67
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,188,702, US 9,616,108, to Mar 15, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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 67 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 1 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 8, 2008, when application PCT/US2008/000281, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 28, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jan 8, 2028 | 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 | +67 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 15, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,188,702, US 9,616,108) | resolves to Mar 15, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Further caveats on record | The record names parents not resolved: PCTUS2008000281, PCTUS2008000281, PCTUS2008000281 | Low confidence overall | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 15, 2028 | Low confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2008/000281 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,616,108 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 9,821,031 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 10,188,702 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 10,987,407 | this patent Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| Application 17/105,484 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 18/168,570 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/072,934 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2020 Reel 54101, frame 476 | Stoffers, Doris | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 20, 2020 Reel 54101, frame 480 | Leon-crutchlow, Diva De; Stanley, Charles | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 9, 2021 Reel 55877, frame 750 | Oxford Flow Limited | Ofip Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 7, 2023 Reel 62613, frame 549 | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | National Institutes of Health (Nih), U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (DHHS), U.S. Government | Confirmatory License |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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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
Mar 2028
Term ends Mar 15, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 67 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,188,702, US 9,616,108, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
19
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2021 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.