Term ends Oct 20, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 27, 2027
Held by Biosense Webster, Inc.
Filed Oct 22, 2013 as application 14/060,517 · Granted Dec 29, 2015
Base term plus 23 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Sep 27, 2007
Sep 27, 2007
Term ends
Oct 20, 2027
Oct 20, 2027
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
23
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,935,082, US 8,562,568, to Oct 20, 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.
7
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 23 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Sep 27, 2007, when application 11/863,149, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 22, 2013) | Sep 27, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +23 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 20, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,935,082, US 8,562,568) | resolves to Oct 20, 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 | Oct 20, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,935,082 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,562,568 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 9,220,531 | this patent Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 9,545,500 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 10,238,838 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 11,285,295 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 11,951,264 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2014 Reel 32126, frame 970 | Datta, Keshava; Schultz, Jeffrey William | Biosense Webster, 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
Oct 2027
Term ends Oct 20, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 23 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,935,082, US 8,562,568, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
52
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
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.