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

US 8,467,555 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Nov 16, 2026 · High confidence

Held by Sonova AG
Filed Apr 18, 2011 as application 13/088,463 · Granted Jun 18, 2013
Base term plus 157 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2026
Clock starts
Jun 12, 2006
Term ends
Nov 16, 2026
Granted
Jun 18, 2013
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
157
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,940,945, to Nov 16, 2026. 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.
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 157 days past its 20-year base term on 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 12, 2006, when application 11/423,528, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 18, 2011)Jun 12, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+157 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 16, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,940,945)resolves to Nov 16, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 16, 2026High confidence

This family

US 7,949,144In force
no later than Mar 2030
no later than Mar 2030
US 8,467,555this patent
Nov 2026
Nov 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 24, 2015
Reel 36674, frame 492
Phonak AGSonova AGChange of Name

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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