Term ends Dec 8, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 9, 2026
Held by Dexcom, Inc.
Filed Jul 9, 2013 as application 13/938,103 · Granted Dec 29, 2015
Base term plus 274 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Mar 9, 2006
Mar 9, 2006
Term ends
Dec 8, 2026
Dec 8, 2026
Granted
Dec 29, 2015
Dec 29, 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
274
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 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.
631
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 274 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 9, 2006, when application 11/373,628, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 9, 2013) | Mar 9, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +274 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 8, 2026 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 8, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,862,465 | Term ended no later than Jul 2018 | no later than Jul 2018 |
| US 7,226,978 | Term ended no later than May 2022 | no later than May 2022 |
| Application PCT/US2003/015816 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,778,680 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 8,060,173 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 6,931,327 | Term ended Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 |
| US 7,276,029 | Term ended Feb 2025 | Feb 2025 |
| US 7,192,450 | Term ended Jul 2021 | Jul 2021 |
8 of 631 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2013 Reel 31113, frame 905 | Pryor, Jack | Dexcom, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 30, 2013 Reel 31117, frame 885 | Goode, Paul V., JR.; Brauker, James H.; Kamath, Apurv U. | Dexcom, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 8, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 274 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
43
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.