Term ends Aug 18, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 28, 2036
Held by Otonomy, Inc.
Filed Jul 20, 2018 as application 16/041,638 · Granted Jun 15, 2021
Base term plus 21 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Jul 28, 2016
Jul 28, 2016
Term ends
Aug 18, 2036
Aug 18, 2036
Granted
Jun 15, 2021
Jun 15, 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
21
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 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
2
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 21 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 28, 2016, when application 15/222,710, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 20, 2018) | Jul 28, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +21 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 18, 2036 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 18, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,066,229 | In force Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| US 11,034,961 | this patent Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2018 Reel 46418, frame 683 | Piu, Fabrice | Otonomy, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Aug 2036
Term ends Aug 18, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 21 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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