Term ends Oct 30, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 30, 2029
Held by Auris Health, Inc.
Filed Oct 23, 2017 as application 15/790,841 · Granted Apr 12, 2022
Base term plus 1207 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Oct 30, 2009
Oct 30, 2009
Term ends
Oct 30, 2029
Oct 30, 2029
Granted
Apr 12, 2022
Apr 12, 2022
base term
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
1,207
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 9,833,641.
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.
5
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 1207 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 1 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 Oct 30, 2009, when application 12/609,759, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 23, 2017) | Oct 30, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1207 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 18, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,833,641) | capped to Oct 30, 2029 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 30, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,033,885 | In force no later than Jun 2030 | no later than Jun 2030 |
| Application 13/630,697 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,220,924 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 9,833,641 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 11,298,568 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2018 Reel 44800, frame 322 | Thapliyal, Hira V.; Gallup, David A.; Arenson, James W. | Vytronus, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 27, 2019 Reel 51147, frame 163 | Vytronus, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Dec 27, 2019 Reel 51435, frame 1 | Silicon Valley Bank | Vytronus, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 15, 2020 Reel 52677, frame 458 | Vytronus, Inc. | Auris Health, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 30, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1207 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 9,833,641.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
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