Also listed on Vytronus, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 27, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 30, 2029
Held by Auris Health, Inc.
Filed Oct 30, 2009 as application 12/609,705 · Granted Nov 24, 2015
Base term plus 971 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2032
Clock starts
Oct 30, 2009
Oct 30, 2009
Term ends
Jun 27, 2032
Jun 27, 2032
Granted
Nov 24, 2015
Nov 24, 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
971
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 971 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 30, 2009, when this application, 12/609,705, was filed | Oct 30, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +971 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 27, 2032 | 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 | Jun 27, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,192,789 | this patent Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| Application 14/922,010 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,850,133 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| Application 17/106,715 | Abandoned 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2009 Reel 23585, frame 667 | Thapliyal, Hira V; Gallup, David A; Arenson, James W | Vytronus, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 10, 2014 Reel 33713, frame 166 | Vytronus, Inc. | Hantel Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 10, 2014 Reel 33763, frame 46 | Hantel Technologies, Inc. | Vytronus, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying/Receiving Parties Transposed Previously Recorded at Reel: 033713 Frame: 0166. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Nov 27, 2019 Reel 51147, frame 163 | Vytronus, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Dec 27, 2019 Reel 51435, frame 1 | Silicon Valley Bank | Vytronus, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 18, 2020 Reel 52689, frame 882 | Vytronus, Inc. | Auris Health, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2032
Term ends Jun 27, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 971 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
63
later US patents cite this one
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