Term ends Jan 30, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 5, 2025
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 12,272,716), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Memjet Technology Limited
Filed Nov 17, 2008 as application 12/272,716 · Granted Feb 7, 2012
Base term plus 611 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2005
2027
Clock starts
Dec 5, 2005
Dec 5, 2005
Term ends
Jan 30, 2027
Jan 30, 2027
Granted
Feb 7, 2012
Feb 7, 2012
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
611
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 12,272,716, US 7,465,045.
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.
3
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 611 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 5, 2005, when application 11/293,810, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 17, 2008) | Dec 5, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +611 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 8, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 12,272,716, US 7,465,045) | capped to Jan 30, 2027 | Medium 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 | Jan 30, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,465,045 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 8,007,089 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
| US 8,109,621 | this patent Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2008 Reel 21847, frame 359 | Silverbrook, Kia; Berry, Norman Micheal; Nakazawa, Akira; Mackey, Paul Ian; Jackson, Garry Raymond | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 9, 2012 Reel 28516, frame 670 | Silverbrook Research Pty. Limited and Clamate Pty Limited | Zamtec Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 25, 2014 Reel 33244, frame 276 | Zamtec Limited | Memjet Technology Limited | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2027
Term ends Jan 30, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 611 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 12,272,716, US 7,465,045.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.