Also listed on International N&H USA, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Oct 10, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 10, 2032
Held by International N&H Denmark APS
Filed Sep 12, 2014 as application 14/385,142 · Granted Apr 11, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Oct 10, 2012
Oct 10, 2012
Term ends
Oct 10, 2032
Oct 10, 2032
Granted
Apr 11, 2017
Apr 11, 2017
base term
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,845,514, US 9,976,194, to Oct 10, 2032. 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.
9
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 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: 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 Oct 10, 2012, when application PCT/US2012/059542, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 12, 2014) | Oct 10, 2032 | 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 resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,845,514, US 9,976,194) | resolves to Oct 10, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Oct 10, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2012/059542 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,617,608 | this patent Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| Application 14/485,617 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/512,321 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,976,194 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 9,845,514 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| Application 15/298,145 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,041,138 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2015 Reel 35757, frame 11 | Eyal, Aharon; Jansen, Robert P. | Virdia, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 12, 2021 Reel 55599, frame 793 | Triplepoint Capital LLC | Virdia, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 18, 2021 Reel 55633, frame 305 | Virdia, Inc. | Virdia, LLC | Change of Name |
| Oct 4, 2024 Reel 69873, frame 615 | Virdia LLC | International N&H Denmark APS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2032
Term ends Oct 10, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,845,514, US 9,976,194, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
37
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2017 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.