Term ends Apr 24, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 19, 2029
Held by Align Technology, Inc.
Filed Oct 23, 2012 as application 13/658,482 · Granted Mar 8, 2016
Base term plus 36 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Mar 19, 2009
Mar 19, 2009
Term ends
Apr 24, 2029
Apr 24, 2029
Granted
Mar 8, 2016
Mar 8, 2016
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
36
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.
49
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 36 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 Mar 19, 2009, when application 12/407,072, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 23, 2012) | Mar 19, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +36 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 24, 2029 | 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 | Apr 24, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,292,617 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 8,896,592 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 9,403,238 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 9,277,972 | this patent Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 8,948,482 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 9,364,296 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| US 9,256,710 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 9,214,014 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
8 of 49 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 31, 2015 Reel 35296, frame 594 | Brandt, Douglas; Matty, Rick M. | Align Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2029
Term ends Apr 24, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 36 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
59
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2016 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.