Term ends Sep 8, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 12, 2031
Held by Fenwal, Inc.
Filed Jul 14, 2022 as application 17/865,038 · Granted Jun 13, 2023
Base term plus 27 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Aug 12, 2011
Aug 12, 2011
Term ends
Sep 8, 2031
Sep 8, 2031
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
Jun 13, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
27
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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 27 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are 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 Aug 12, 2011, when application 13/209,161, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 14, 2022) | Aug 12, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +27 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 8, 2031 | 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 | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 8, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,462,321 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 10,431,335 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 9,727,696 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 11,393,583 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| US 11,901,069 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 11,676,715 | this patent Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| Application 18/196,307 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2022 Reel 60509, frame 279 | Cork, William H.; Case, Brian C.; Prendergast, Jonathan; Barry, John W. | Fenwal, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 23, 2022 Reel 60873, frame 887 | Gassman, Christopher D. | Fenwal, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 23, 2022 Reel 60874, frame 44 | Case, Brian C.; Prendergast, Jonathan; Barry, John W., JR.; Min, Kyungyoon; Cork, William H.; Calhoun, Daryl Richard; Larson, Christine M. | Fenwal, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Sep 2031
Term ends Sep 8, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 27 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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