Also listed on Otologics, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 9, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 11, 2026
Held by Cochlear Limited
Filed Jan 11, 2006 as application 11/330,788 · Granted Aug 17, 2010
Base term plus 1245 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
Jan 11, 2006
Jan 11, 2006
Term ends
Jun 9, 2029
Jun 9, 2029
Granted
Aug 17, 2010
Aug 17, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
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
1,245
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
4
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 1245 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 11, 2006, when this application, 11/330,788, was filed | Jan 11, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1245 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 9, 2029 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 9, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,775,964 | this patent Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 8,096,937 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2007/085787 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,840,540 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 2006 Reel 17459, frame 21 | Miller, III, Scott Allan | Otologics, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 22, 2010 Reel 23832, frame 387 | Otologics, L.l.c. | Cochlear Limited | Security Agreement |
| Mar 11, 2010 Reel 24066, frame 349 | Medtronic, Inc. | Otologics, LLC | Ackgt. of Ineffective Pat. Assmt. Agmt. |
| Oct 3, 2012 Reel 29072, frame 633 | Cochlear Limited | Otologics, L.l.c. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 3, 2012 Reel 29072, frame 647 | Otologics, L.l.c. | Cochlear Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2029
Term ends Jun 9, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1245 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
44
later US patents cite this one
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