Term ends Aug 23, 2037 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 23, 2037
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 11,525,139), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Akouos, Inc.
Filed Sep 2, 2022 as application 17/929,647 · Granted Oct 10, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Aug 23, 2017
Aug 23, 2017
Term ends
Aug 23, 2037
Aug 23, 2037
Granted
Oct 10, 2023
Oct 10, 2023
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,525,139, US 12,673,116, to Aug 23, 2037. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.
9
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Aug 23, 2017, when application PCT/US2017/048257, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 2, 2022) | Aug 23, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,525,139, US 12,673,116) | resolves to Aug 23, 2037, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 23, 2037 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2017/048257 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 16/327,396 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,525,139 | In force no later than Aug 2037 | no later than Aug 2037 |
| US 11,781,145 | this patent Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 12,071,627 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 11,993,777 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 12,264,317 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| Application 19/061,723 | Pending not computed | not computed |
8 of 9 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 8, 2023 Reel 63893, frame 406 | Simons, Emmanuel John | Akouos, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 8, 2023 Reel 63893, frame 436 | Reisinger, Ellen; Kugler, Sebastian; Al-moyed, Hanan | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Stiftung Öffentlichen Rechts, Universitätsmedizin | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 8, 2023 Reel 63893, frame 490 | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Stiftung Öffentlichen Rechts, Universitätsmedizin | Akouos, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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
Aug 2037
Term ends Aug 23, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,525,139, US 12,673,116, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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.