Term ends Mar 11, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 16, 2030
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,333,119), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
Filed Dec 16, 2010 as application 12/970,072 · Granted Dec 24, 2013
Base term plus 386 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Dec 16, 2010
Dec 16, 2010
Term ends
Mar 11, 2029
Mar 11, 2029
Granted
Dec 24, 2013
Dec 24, 2013
base term
after the term ends
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
386
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 8,333,119.
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 386 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 16, 2010, when this application, 12/970,072, was filed | Dec 16, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +386 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 6, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,333,119) | capped to Mar 11, 2029 | 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 | Mar 11, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,613,227 | this patent Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 8,695,436 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 9,410,835 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2010 Reel 25511, frame 461 | Bitto, Ennio; Huber, Chrisof; Braun, Marcel; Rieder, Alfred; Schutze, Christian | Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2029
Term ends Mar 11, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 386 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 8,333,119.
Citations
23
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 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.