Term ends May 25, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 26, 2032
Held by GN Hearing A/S
Filed Apr 27, 2015 as application 14/697,598 · Granted Aug 15, 2017
Base term plus 29 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Apr 26, 2012
Apr 26, 2012
Term ends
May 25, 2032
May 25, 2032
Granted
Aug 15, 2017
Aug 15, 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
29
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 9,044,683, to May 25, 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.
8
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 29 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 Apr 26, 2012, when application 13/456,311, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 27, 2015) | Apr 26, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +29 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 25, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,044,683) | resolves to May 25, 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 | May 25, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,044,683 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 9,731,199 | this patent May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 10,046,237 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 10,384,121 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 11,161,036 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 11,684,847 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 12,233,334 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| Application 19/027,160 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2015 Reel 35524, frame 337 | Rom, Kim; Mahlmeister, Jeffrey Nicholas; Wolff-petersen, Jacob; Hawver, Bruce; Grever, Francis Arnold; Soelberg, Tino; Nicolella, Christopher John | Steelseries APS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 23, 2025 Reel 69988, frame 735 | Steelseries APS | GN Audio A/S | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Mar 30, 2026 Reel 75299, frame 264 | Steel Series APS | Steel Series APS | Change of Address |
| Mar 30, 2026 Reel 75299, frame 257 | Steel Series APS | GN Audio A/S | Merger |
| Mar 30, 2026 Reel 75299, frame 271 | GN Audio A/S | GN Hearing A/S | Merger |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
May 2032
Term ends May 25, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 29 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 9,044,683, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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.