Term ends Jun 3, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 21, 2029
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Senorx, Inc.
Filed Sep 1, 2020 as application 17/009,038 · Granted Dec 5, 2023
Base term plus 620 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2031
Clock starts
Sep 21, 2009
Sep 21, 2009
Term ends
Jun 3, 2031
Jun 3, 2031
Granted
Dec 5, 2023
Dec 5, 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
620
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 10,786,604, to Jun 3, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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 620 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 1 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 Sep 21, 2009, when application 12/586,449, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 1, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 21, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +620 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 3, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,786,604) | resolves to Jun 3, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 3, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,327,061 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2009/005268 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,786,604 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 11,833,275 | this patent Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
4 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2023 Reel 63504, frame 929 | Govil, Amit; Jones, Michael L.; Lubock, Paul | Senorx, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2031
Term ends Jun 3, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 620 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 10,786,604, 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.