Term ends Oct 8, 2034 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 8, 2034
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by OSRAM GmbH
Filed Jun 2, 2020 as application 16/890,577 · Granted Apr 5, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Oct 8, 2014
Oct 8, 2014
Term ends
Oct 8, 2034
Oct 8, 2034
Granted
Apr 5, 2022
Apr 5, 2022
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 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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 3 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 Oct 8, 2014, when application PCT/EP2014/071544, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 2, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 8, 2034 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 8, 2034 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,719,013 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 9,719,014 | In force no later than Oct 2034 | no later than Oct 2034 |
| US 9,725,646 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 10,711,191 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 11,292,965 | this patent Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
5 of 6 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
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What's changing
Oct 2034
Term ends Oct 8, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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