Term ends Apr 22, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 28, 2031
Held by Fina Technology, Inc.
Filed Dec 30, 2014 as application 14/586,521 · Granted May 16, 2017
Base term plus 207 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Sep 28, 2011
Sep 28, 2011
Term ends
Apr 22, 2032
Apr 22, 2032
Granted
May 16, 2017
May 16, 2017
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
207
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 8,969,638, to Apr 22, 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.
3
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 207 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: 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 Sep 28, 2011, when application 13/247,285, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 30, 2014) | Sep 28, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +207 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 22, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,969,638) | resolves to Apr 22, 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 | Apr 22, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,969,638 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| Application PCT/US2011/058319 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,650,313 | this patent Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2032
Term ends Apr 22, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 207 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 8,969,638, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
17
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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
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.