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Method for Monitoring a Hearing Device and Hearing Device with Self-Monitoring Function

US 7,949,144 In force, term unresolved
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Term ends no later than Mar 24, 2030 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Held by Sonova AG
Filed Jun 12, 2006 as application 11/423,528 · Granted May 24, 2011
Base term plus 1381 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2030
Clock starts
Jun 12, 2006
Ends no later than
Mar 24, 2030
Granted
May 24, 2011
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,381
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
2
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 1381 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 12, 2006, when this application, 11/423,528, was filedJun 12, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1381 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 24, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Mar 24, 2030Medium confidence

This family

US 7,949,144this patent
no later than Mar 2030
no later than Mar 2030
US 8,467,555In force
Nov 2026
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 23, 2006
Reel 18161, frame 691
Harsch, Samuel; Dijkstra, EvertPhonak AGAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 24, 2015
Reel 36674, frame 492
Phonak AGSonova AGChange of Name

Sources

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