Term ends May 12, 2026
Statutory term ends Jan 31, 2025
Base term plus 466 days of PTA
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expired May 2026
2005
2026
Clock starts
Jan 31, 2005
Jan 31, 2005
Granted
Aug 27, 2013
Aug 27, 2013
Term ends
May 12, 2026
May 12, 2026
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Computed Sep 1, 2026 · countdowns run from that date · how we know
466
Days of PTA
30
Applications in this family
This patent's term runs 466 days past the statutory base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. Confidence: High. from the record
How this date was computed
Every step shows its rule, its 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, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional | Clock starts Jan 31, 2005 | Jan 31, 2025 | High |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High |
| Patent term adjustment | +466 days, USPTO PTA record | May 12, 2026 | High |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | expired-term | High |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 12, 2026 | High |
The computation, verbatim
base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2005-01-31+20y | =2025-01-31 | PTA+466d=2026-05-12 | PTE:none | TD:none | paid 4yr@2016-08-31,8yr@2020-08-27,12yr@2025-01-22 | status=expired-term@2026-05-12
This family
| US 7,077,810 | expired-term | Jan 2025 |
| US 7,314,451 | expired-term | Feb 2026 |
| US 8,376,954 | in-force | Feb 2030 |
| Application 11/552,872 | abandoned | not computed |
| Application 11/755,066 | abandoned | not computed |
| US 8,403,865 | expired-term | Feb 2026 |
| US 8,517,953 | this patent | May 2026 |
| US 8,491,492 | expired-term | Jan 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Gross, Yosef; Lange, Daniel H.; Halperin, Avner | Earlysense Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 10, 2017 Reel 44345, frame 219 | Earlysense Ltd. | Kreos Capital V (EXPERT Fund) L.P. | Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2019 Reel 49425, frame 725 | Kreos Capital V (EXPERT Fund) L.P. | Earlysense Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 23, 2019 Reel 49827, frame 878 | Earlysense Ltd. | Kreos Capital VI (EXPERT Fund) L.P. | Security Interest |
| Feb 11, 2021 Reel 55238, frame 809 | Kreos Capital VI (EXPERT Fund) LP | Earlysense Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 11, 2021 Reel 55238, frame 855 | Earlysense Ltd. | Welch Allyn, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 12, 2021 Reel 55248, frame 627 | Welch Allyn, Inc. | Hill-Rom Services, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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The 466 days of PTA are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
63
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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