Also listed on Otologics, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 14, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 19, 2031
Held by Cochlear Limited
Filed Oct 19, 2011 as application 13/276,807 · Granted Oct 13, 2015
Base term plus 787 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2033
Clock starts
Oct 19, 2011
Oct 19, 2011
Term ends
Dec 14, 2033
Dec 14, 2033
Granted
Oct 13, 2015
Oct 13, 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
787
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.
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 runs 787 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Oct 19, 2011, when this application, 13/276,807, was filed | Oct 19, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +787 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 14, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 14, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,155,887 | this patent Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 10,485,974 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 11,376,442 | In force Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| Application 17/855,301 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 20, 2011 Reel 27095, frame 171 | Miller, Scott Allan, III; Dupeyron, Denis | Otologics, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 3, 2012 Reel 29072, frame 647 | Otologics, L.l.c. | Cochlear Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2033
Term ends Dec 14, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 787 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
56
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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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