Also listed on Masimo Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 23, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 12, 2026
Filed Jun 14, 2011 as application 13/160,402 · Granted Mar 31, 2015
Base term plus 42 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Oct 12, 2006
Oct 12, 2006
Term ends
Nov 23, 2026
Nov 23, 2026
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
Mar 31, 2015
base term
patent term adjustment
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
42
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,962,188, to Nov 23, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
6
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 42 days past its 20-year base term on 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 2 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 Oct 12, 2006, when application 11/546,927, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 14, 2011) | Oct 12, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +42 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 23, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,962,188) | resolves to Nov 23, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 23, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,962,188 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 8,996,085 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 10,092,249 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 10,939,877 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 11,839,498 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 12,178,620 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2014 Reel 32784, frame 864 | Masimo Corporation; Masimo Americas, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, National Association | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 27, 2014 Reel 33032, frame 426 | Masimo Americas, Inc.; Masimo Corporation | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, National Association | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Conveyance Previously Recorded at Reel: 032784 Frame: 0864. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement. |
| Nov 7, 2018 Reel 47443, frame 109 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, National Association | Masimo Corporation; Masimo Americas, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 7, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, National Association | Masimo Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 7, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, National Association | Masimo Americas, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 18, 2024 Reel 68023, frame 336 | Kiani, Massi Joseph E.; Diab, Mohamed Kheir; Lamego, Marcelo M. | Masimo Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 23, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 42 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,962,188, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
536
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% 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
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.