Term ends Mar 30, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 30, 2027
Held by The 41ST Parameter, Inc.
Filed Aug 29, 2014 as application 14/473,818 · Granted Nov 24, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Mar 30, 2007
Mar 30, 2007
Term ends
Mar 30, 2027
Mar 30, 2027
Granted
Nov 24, 2015
Nov 24, 2015
base term
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,151,327, US 8,826,393, to Mar 30, 2027. 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.
10
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 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 Mar 30, 2007, when application 11/694,882, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 29, 2014) | Mar 30, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,151,327, US 8,826,393) | resolves to Mar 30, 2027, 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 | Mar 30, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,151,327 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2007/065776 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,826,393 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 9,196,004 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 9,754,311 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 10,089,679 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 10,535,093 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 11,195,225 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
8 of 10 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2015 Reel 35130, frame 721 | Eisen, Ori | The 41ST Parameter, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 19, 2015 Reel 36890, frame 674 | Eisen, Ori | The 41ST Parameter, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the State/Country: Previously Recorded on Reel 035130 Frame 0721. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the State/Country: Arizona. |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 30, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,151,327, US 8,826,393, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
116
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.