Term ends no later than Apr 15, 2031 · Medium confidence

Computed 20-year base term

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

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Filed Dec 19, 2023 as application 18/545,430 · Granted Sep 17, 2024

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

20 years from filing

Ends no later than Apr 15, 2031

2011 2031

Clock starts
Apr 15, 2011

Ends no later than
Apr 15, 2031

Granted
Sep 17, 2024

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.

Unresolved

Terminal disclaimer

On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.

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.

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 on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Apr 15, 2011, when application 13/087,438, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 19, 2023)	Apr 15, 2031	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 on file (approved), reference document not resolved	no cap applied, and none guessed	Medium 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	no later than Apr 15, 2031	Medium confidence

This family

US 9,160,446	In force Aug 2032	Aug 2032
US 9,735,864	In force Apr 2031	Apr 2031
US 10,348,398	In force Aug 2031	Aug 2031
US 10,554,295	In force Apr 2031	Apr 2031
US 10,897,306	In force Apr 2031	Apr 2031
US 11,489,588	In force Apr 2031	Apr 2031
US 11,870,487	In force Apr 2031	Apr 2031
US 12,095,499	this patent no later than Apr 2031	no later than Apr 2031

8 of 10 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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What's changing

Apr 2031

Term ends no later than Apr 15, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then

Note

A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed

Open question

A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Apr 15, 2031. We will not guess the cap.

Citations

later US patents cite this one

Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2024 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it. 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

This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.

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