Term ends Jun 19, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 15, 2034
Held by Endochoice, Inc.
Filed Aug 16, 2019 as application 16/542,942 · Granted Jan 25, 2022
Base term plus 82 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
May 15, 2014
May 15, 2014
Term ends
Jun 19, 2034
Jun 19, 2034
Granted
Jan 25, 2022
Jan 25, 2022
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
82
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 9,949,623.
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.
6
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 82 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. 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 May 15, 2014, when application 14/278,221, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 16, 2019) | May 15, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +82 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 5, 2034 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,949,623) | capped to Jun 19, 2034 | 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 | Jun 19, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 14/278,221 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,949,623 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 10,433,715 | In force May 2034 | May 2034 |
| US 11,229,351 | this patent Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 11,957,311 | In force May 2034 | May 2034 |
| US 12,543,931 | In force May 2034 | May 2034 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2025 Reel 69833, frame 634 | Lang, Alexander; Wieth, Stephan | Endochoice, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jun 2034
Term ends Jun 19, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 82 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 9,949,623.
Citations
18
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2022 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.