Also listed on Orca Health, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jan 23, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 23, 2033
Held by 3SHAPE A/S
Filed Feb 4, 2016 as application 15/016,116 · Granted Jul 25, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Jan 23, 2013
Jan 23, 2013
Term ends
Jan 23, 2033
Jan 23, 2033
Granted
Jul 25, 2017
Jul 25, 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 9,256,962, to Jan 23, 2033. 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.
2
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 Jan 23, 2013, when application 13/747,595, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 4, 2016) | Jan 23, 2033 | 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 9,256,962) | resolves to Jan 23, 2033, 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 | Jan 23, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,256,962 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| US 9,715,753 | this patent Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2016 Reel 37669, frame 672 | Berry, Matthew M.; Lyman, Daniel D.; Robinson, Gary L. | Orca Health, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 18, 2018 Reel 45086, frame 195 | Orca Health, Inc. | Workman Nydegger PC | Lien |
| Aug 8, 2019 Reel 51595, frame 476 | Workman Nydegger | Orca Health, Inc. | Release of Lien |
| Sep 13, 2019 Reel 50374, frame 633 | Workman Nydegger | Orca Health, Inc. | Release of Attorney's Lien |
| Sep 13, 2019 Reel 50376, frame 124 | Orca Health Inc. | Cochlear Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 4, 2026 Reel 75049, frame 903 | Cochlear, Ltd. | 3SHAPE A/S | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jan 2033
Term ends Jan 23, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,256,962, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
20
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.