Term ended Oct 12, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 12, 2026
Held by Masimo Corporation
Filed Nov 2, 2023 as application 18/500,705 · Granted Dec 31, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Oct 12, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Oct 12, 2006
Oct 12, 2006
Term ended
Oct 12, 2026
Oct 12, 2026
Granted
Dec 31, 2024
Dec 31, 2024
base term
after the term ends
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.
6
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. 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 Oct 12, 2006, when application 11/546,927, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 2, 2023) | Oct 12, 2026 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | No maintenance fee can end the term early | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 12, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,962,188 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 8,996,085 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 10,092,249 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 10,939,877 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 11,839,498 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 12,178,620 | this patent Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
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 18, 2024 Reel 68024, frame 170 | Lamego, Marcelo M. | Masimo Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 18, 2024 Reel 68024, frame 48 | Kiani, Massi Joe E.; Diab, Mohamed Kheir | Masimo Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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