Term ends Jun 29, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 2, 2034
Held by Emmecell, Inc.
Filed May 18, 2020 as application 16/877,176 · Granted Aug 29, 2023
Base term plus 423 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2035
Clock starts
May 2, 2014
May 2, 2014
Term ends
Jun 29, 2035
Jun 29, 2035
Granted
Aug 29, 2023
Aug 29, 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
423
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,655,102, to Jun 29, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
4
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 423 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 May 2, 2014, when application PCT/US2014/036616, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 18, 2020) | May 2, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +423 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 29, 2035 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,655,102) | resolves to Jun 29, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Jun 29, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,655,102 | In force Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
| US 11,740,239 | this patent Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| Application 18/362,678 | Pending not computed | not computed |
3 of 4 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2020 Reel 52913, frame 377 | Goldberg, Jeffrey L.; Kunzevitzky, Noelia J. | Emmetrope Ophthalmics LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 21, 2026 Reel 75344, frame 226 | Emmetrope Ophthalmics LLC | Emmecell, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2035
Term ends Jun 29, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 423 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,655,102, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2023 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
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.