Term ends no later than Dec 20, 2026 · Medium confidence

Computed 20-year base term

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

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Filed May 9, 2014 as application 14/274,591 · Granted May 10, 2016

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

20 years from filing

Ends no later than Dec 20, 2026

2006 2026

Clock starts
Dec 20, 2006

Ends no later than
Dec 20, 2026

Granted
May 10, 2016

base term fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know

None

Term adjustment

No prosecution delay on this record.

Unresolved

Terminal disclaimer

On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.

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.

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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 2 of 2 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 20, 2006, when application PCT/NL2006/000648, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 9, 2014)	Dec 20, 2026	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	Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved	no cap applied, and none guessed	Medium 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	no later than Dec 20, 2026	Medium confidence

This family

US 8,481,257	In force Mar 2028	Mar 2028
US 8,815,512	In force Dec 2026	Dec 2026
US 9,334,536	this patent no later than Dec 2026	no later than Dec 2026
US 8,911,945	In force Dec 2026	Dec 2026
US 9,062,348	In force Dec 2026	Dec 2026
US 9,328,383	In force Dec 2026	Dec 2026
US 9,777,324	In force Dec 2026	Dec 2026
US 9,702,004	In force Dec 2026	Dec 2026

8 of 12 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

Dec 2026

Term ends no later than Dec 20, 2026. No further fees fall due before then

Note

A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed

Open question

A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Dec 20, 2026. We will not guess the cap.

Citations

171

later US patents cite this one

That is top 5% 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

This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.

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