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US 8,946,169 In force
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Term ends Dec 11, 2026 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,420,603), so the cap could be lower.

Filed Mar 8, 2013 as application 13/791,009 · Granted Feb 3, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2027
Clock starts
Mar 29, 2007
Term ends
Dec 11, 2026
Granted
Feb 3, 2015
base term after the term ends 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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,415,304, US 8,420,603.
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.
4
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 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 29, 2007, when application PCT/US2007/065486, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 8, 2013)Mar 29, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,415,304, US 8,420,603)capped to Dec 11, 2026Medium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 11, 2026Medium confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2007/065486PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 8,415,304In force
Feb 2028
Feb 2028
US 8,946,169this patent
Dec 2026
Dec 2026
US 9,671,406In force
Dec 2026
Dec 2026
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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