Lapsed Jan 5, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 21, 2024
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by ResMed Pty Ltd.
Filed Jul 29, 2014 as application 14/445,190 · Granted Jan 5, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jan 5, 2024
2004
2026
Clock starts
Jun 21, 2004
Jun 21, 2004
No longer in force
Jan 5, 2024
Jan 5, 2024
Granted
Jan 5, 2016
Jan 5, 2016
Term would have run to
Jun 21, 2024
Jun 21, 2024
base term
after the term ends
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
22
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jun 21, 2024: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jun 21, 2004, when application PCT/AU2004/000810, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 29, 2014) | Jun 21, 2024 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jan 5, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 5, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,006,691 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 10,293,125 | Term ended Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 8,020,551 | Term ended no later than Jun 2024 | no later than Jun 2024 |
| US 8,028,693 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| US 8,042,535 | Surrendered on reissue Sep 2017 | Sep 2017 |
| US 9,227,035 | this patent Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| US 9,038,631 | Term ended Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 9,038,632 | Term ended Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
8 of 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2015 Reel 34893, frame 909 | Kenyon, Barton John; Yee, Arthur Kin-wai; Primrose, Rohan Neil; Crumblin, Geoffrey; Lithgow, Perry David; Virr, Alexander; Richmond, Donald Angus; Payne, Mark John | ResMed Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 5, 2015 Reel 34893, frame 933 | Trevor-wilson, Duncan Lovel | ResMed Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 5, 2015 Reel 34893, frame 991 | Kao, Dan | ResMed Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 5, 2015 Reel 34894, frame 126 | Janiak, Michael Thomas | ResMed Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 5, 2015 Reel 34894, frame 174 | Saada, Jim | E-Pro Services Pty Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 5, 2015 Reel 34894, frame 223 | E-Pro Services Pty Ltd. | ResMed Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 5, 2015 Reel 34894, frame 278 | Snow, John Michael | John Snow & Company Pty Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 5, 2015 Reel 34894, frame 338 | John Snow & Company Pty Limited | ResMed Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 5, 2015 Reel 34894, frame 364 | Harris, Craig Edward | ResMed Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 30, 2019 Reel 50005, frame 461 | ResMed Limited | ResMed Pty Ltd. | Change of Name |
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