Term ends Jul 7, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 29, 2029
Held by Menicon Co., Ltd.
Filed Dec 6, 2011 as application 13/311,712 · Granted Aug 30, 2016
Base term plus 8 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jun 29, 2009
Jun 29, 2009
Term ends
Jul 7, 2029
Jul 7, 2029
Granted
Aug 30, 2016
Aug 30, 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
8
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.
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 8 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 Jun 29, 2009, when application PCT/JP2009/002993, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 6, 2011) | Jun 29, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +8 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 7, 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 | Jul 7, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,427,488 | this patent Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 10,137,218 | In force no later than Jun 2029 | no later than Jun 2029 |
| Application 16/164,256 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,331,404 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 12,042,567 | In force no later than Jun 2029 | no later than Jun 2029 |
| Application 18/740,072 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
6 of 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2011 Reel 27329, frame 940 | Mori, Osamu; Kojima, Yukihiro | Menicon Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2029
Term ends Jul 7, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 8 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.