Lapsed Jul 8, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 17, 2030
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Coloplast A/S
Filed Dec 17, 2010 as application 12/971,384 · Granted Jul 8, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 315 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jul 8, 2026
2010
2031
Clock starts
Dec 17, 2010
Dec 17, 2010
No longer in force
Jul 8, 2026
Jul 8, 2026
Granted
Jul 8, 2014
Jul 8, 2014
Term would have run to
Oct 28, 2031
Oct 28, 2031
base term
patent term adjustment
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
315
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
23
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Oct 28, 2031: its 20-year base term plus 315 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 17, 2010, when this application, 12/971,384, was filed | Dec 17, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +315 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 28, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jul 8, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 8, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,500,821 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| US 7,932,343 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 8,029,557 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| US 8,876,800 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 8,772,429 | this patent Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 8,536,293 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 8,992,410 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 8,673,020 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
8 of 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2011 Reel 25596, frame 284 | Behan, Niall | Vysera Biomedical Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 8, 2016 Reel 37917, frame 992 | Vysera Biomedical Limited | Coloplast A/S | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 10, 2016 Reel 38053, frame 797 | Vysera Biomedical Limited | Coloplast A/S | Corrective Assignment to Correct the City of the Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 037917 Frame 0992. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Mar 17, 2016 Reel 38131, frame 12 | Vysera Biomedical Limited | Coloplast A/S | Corrective Assignment to Correct the City of the Assignee from Humelbaek to Humlebaek as Correctly Indicated on the Assignment Previously Recorded on Reel 037917 Frame 0992. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignee's City to Be Humlebaek. |
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Note
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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