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Systems and Methods for Removal of Urine

US 9,687,628 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewSources & methods

Lapsed Jun 27, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by FlowSense Ltd.
Filed Sep 26, 2013 as application 14/037,371 · Granted Jun 27, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 732 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Lapsed Jun 27, 2025
2008 2029
Clock starts
Jul 16, 2008
No longer in force
Jun 27, 2025
Granted
Jun 27, 2017
Term would have run to
Jan 25, 2029
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
732
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,568,387.
1 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.

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 16, 2008, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Sep 26, 2013)Jul 16, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+732 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 18, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,568,387)capped to Jan 25, 2029High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jun 27, 2025High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 27, 2025High confidence

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