Term ends Jun 21, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 21, 2033
Held by PS Therapy, Inc.
Filed Jun 21, 2013 as application 13/924,237 · Granted Jan 13, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Jun 21, 2013
Jun 21, 2013
Term ends
Jun 21, 2033
Jun 21, 2033
Granted
Jan 13, 2015
Jan 13, 2015
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 8,597,629, to Jun 21, 2033. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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 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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Jun 21, 2013, when this application, 13/924,237, was filed | Jun 21, 2033 | 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 8,597,629) | resolves to Jun 21, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 21, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,933,006 | this patent Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| Application PCT/US2014/042219 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2013 Reel 31468, frame 14 | GNT LLC. | Premium Ocular Solutions LLC. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 24, 2013 Reel 31467, frame 863 | Horn, Gerald | GNT LLC. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 19, 2015 Reel 37083, frame 611 | Premium Ocular Solutions LLC | PS Therapies Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 2, 2022 Reel 60087, frame 448 | PS Therapy Ltd. | PS Therapy, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2033
Term ends Jun 21, 2033.
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,597,629, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2015 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.