Term ends Nov 18, 2029 · 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 Feb 25, 2015 as application 14/630,669 · Granted Aug 24, 2021
Base term plus 1002 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Feb 20, 2007
Feb 20, 2007
Term ends
Nov 18, 2029
Nov 18, 2029
Granted
Aug 24, 2021
Aug 24, 2021
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,002
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.
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 runs 1002 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 Feb 20, 2007, when application PCT/DK2007/000096, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 25, 2015); 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 | +1002 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 18, 2029 | 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 | Nov 18, 2029 | 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 | this patent Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 10,016,298 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 10,987,243 | In force 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 577 | Nilsson, Daniel; Lading, Lars; Thirstrup, Carsten; Pranov, Henrik | Coloplast A/S | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2029
Term ends Nov 18, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1002 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
78
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
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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.