Term ends Nov 27, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 27, 2026
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Filed Mar 6, 2020 as application 16/811,429 · Granted Aug 9, 2022
Base term plus 270 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Nov 27, 2006
Nov 27, 2006
Term ends
Nov 27, 2026
Nov 27, 2026
Granted
Aug 9, 2022
Aug 9, 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
270
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 10,622,103.
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.
18
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 270 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 Nov 27, 2006, when application 11/604,577, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 6, 2020) | Nov 27, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +270 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 24, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,622,103) | capped to Nov 27, 2026 | 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 | Nov 27, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,281,370 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| Application 12/120,184 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2008/063758 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,937,041 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 8,615,790 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,613,054 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| Application 13/675,440 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US 10,586,290 | In force Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
8 of 18 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 27, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 270 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 10,622,103.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.