Also listed on Bang & Olufsen Medicom A/S, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends May 13, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 27, 2032
Held by Phillips-Medisize, LLC
Filed Nov 27, 2012 as application 13/686,277 · Granted May 19, 2015
Base term plus 167 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Nov 27, 2012
Nov 27, 2012
Term ends
May 13, 2033
May 13, 2033
Granted
May 19, 2015
May 19, 2015
base term
patent term adjustment
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
167
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
This patent's term runs 167 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Nov 27, 2012, when this application, 13/686,277, was filed | Nov 27, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +167 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 13, 2033 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 13, 2033 | High confidence |
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 14, 2012 Reel 29470, frame 296 | Olesen, Jan; Andersen, Bjorn Knud; Johansen, Esben W. | Bang & Olufsen Medicom A/S | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 16, 2015 Reel 36619, frame 659 | Bang & Olufsen Medicom A/S | Medicom Innovation Partner A/S | Change of Name |
| Jun 26, 2026 Reel 75104, frame 76 | Phillips-Medisize A/S | Phillips-Medisize, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 26, 2026 Reel 76302, frame 163 | Medicom Innovation Partner A/S | Phillips-Medisize A/S | Change of Name |
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.
What's changing
May 2033
Term ends May 13, 2033. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 167 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
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
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.