Term ends Jun 14, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 19, 2028
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,437,741), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Tecore, Inc.
Filed Aug 22, 2013 as application 13/973,244 · Granted Apr 12, 2016
Base term plus 177 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Dec 19, 2008
Dec 19, 2008
Term ends
Jun 14, 2029
Jun 14, 2029
Granted
Apr 12, 2016
Apr 12, 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
177
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 8,437,741, to Jun 14, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
32
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 177 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 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Dec 19, 2008, when application 12/318,020, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 22, 2013) | Dec 19, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +177 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 14, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,437,741) | resolves to Jun 14, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium 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 | Jun 14, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,437,741 | In force no later than Aug 2031 | no later than Aug 2031 |
| US 8,254,886 | In force no later than Jul 2029 | no later than Jul 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2010/048726 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,744,180 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 8,825,011 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 9,295,071 | In force no later than May 2029 | no later than May 2029 |
| US 9,332,412 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 9,313,639 | this patent Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
8 of 32 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jun 2029
Term ends Jun 14, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 177 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 8,437,741, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
47
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.