Term ends Jun 11, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 16, 2034
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Filed Dec 8, 2022 as application 18/077,550 · Granted Sep 23, 2025
Base term plus 56 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Apr 16, 2014
Apr 16, 2014
Term ends
Jun 11, 2034
Jun 11, 2034
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Sep 23, 2025
base term
patent term adjustment
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
56
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
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 runs 56 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Apr 16, 2014, when application PCT/JP2014/060877, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 8, 2022) | Apr 16, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +56 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 11, 2034 | 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 | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 11, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,860,505 | In force Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
| US 10,560,674 | In force no later than Apr 2034 | no later than Apr 2034 |
| US 11,575,866 | In force Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
| US 12,425,656 | this patent Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| Application 19/309,709 | Pending not computed | not computed |
5 of 6 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2034
Term ends Jun 11, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 56 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.