Term ends Aug 27, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 31, 2039
Held by Coloplast A/S
Filed Jan 31, 2019 as application 16/262,929 · Granted Feb 24, 2026
Base term plus 1082 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Jan 31, 2019
Jan 31, 2019
Term ends
Aug 27, 2038
Aug 27, 2038
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Feb 24, 2026
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
1,082
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,849,781, US 11,547,595, US 11,612,509.
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.
7
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 1082 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 3 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 Jan 31, 2019, when this application, 16/262,929, was filed | Jan 31, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1082 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 17, 2042 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,849,781, US 11,547,595, US 11,612,509) | capped to Aug 27, 2038 | High 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 27, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,849,781 | In force Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
| US 12,558,250 | this patent Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
| US 11,547,595 | In force Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
| US 11,612,509 | In force Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
| US 12,232,999 | In force Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
| Application 19/026,639 | Pending not computed | not computed |
6 of 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2019 Reel 48580, frame 267 | Hvid, Niels; Larsen, Lars Erup; Thoegersen, Klaus; Hansen, Jais Ask | Coloplast A/S | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 13, 2019 Reel 48580, frame 581 | Speiermann, Finn | Coloplast A/S | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Aug 2038
Term ends Aug 27, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1082 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,849,781, US 11,547,595, US 11,612,509.
Citations
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