Term ends May 11, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 11, 2027
Held by Auris Health, Inc.
Filed Apr 22, 2011 as application 13/092,747 · Granted Apr 3, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
May 11, 2007
May 11, 2007
Term ends
May 11, 2027
May 11, 2027
Granted
Apr 3, 2012
Apr 3, 2012
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,950,397, to May 11, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
13
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 May 11, 2007, when application 11/747,862, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 22, 2011) | May 11, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,950,397) | resolves to May 11, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | May 11, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,950,397 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
| Application 12/695,857 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,146,603 | this patent May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 8,511,317 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| Application 13/446,552 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,607,800 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 9,737,325 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| Application 15/349,887 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2014 Reel 32572, frame 773 | Thapliyal, Hira V.; Gallup, David A.; Arenson, James W. | Vytronus, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 10, 2014 Reel 33713, frame 166 | Vytronus, Inc. | Hantel Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 10, 2014 Reel 33763, frame 46 | Hantel Technologies, Inc. | Vytronus, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying/Receiving Parties Transposed Previously Recorded at Reel: 033713 Frame: 0166. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Nov 27, 2019 Reel 51147, frame 163 | Vytronus, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Dec 27, 2019 Reel 51435, frame 1 | Silicon Valley Bank | Vytronus, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 4, 2020 Reel 52845, frame 78 | Vytronus, Inc. | Auris Health, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
May 2027
Term ends May 11, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,950,397, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
31
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.