Term ends Mar 13, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 14, 2036
Held by Medical Microinstruments, Inc.
Filed Oct 26, 2023 as application 18/495,436 · Granted Aug 25, 2026
Base term plus 150 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
Oct 14, 2016
Oct 14, 2016
Term ends
Mar 13, 2037
Mar 13, 2037
Granted
Aug 25, 2026
Aug 25, 2026
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
150
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 150 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 Oct 14, 2016, when application PCT/EP2016/074805, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 26, 2023) | Oct 14, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +150 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 13, 2037 | 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 | Mar 13, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,864,051 | In force Jun 2037 | Jun 2037 |
| US 12,178,531 | In force Jun 2037 | Jun 2037 |
| US 12,167,902 | In force Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
| US 12,714,523 | this patent Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| Application 18/788,785 | 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2023 Reel 65375, frame 797 | Simi, Massimiliano; Prisco, Giuseppe Maria | Medical Microinstruments S.P.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 27, 2023 Reel 65384, frame 562 | Medical Microinstruments S.P.A. | Medical Microinstruments, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2037
Term ends Mar 13, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 150 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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