Term ends Dec 11, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 11, 2032
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by OSRAM OLED GmbH
Filed May 5, 2016 as application 15/147,499 · Granted Aug 29, 2017
Base term plus 7 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Dec 11, 2012
Dec 11, 2012
Term ends
Dec 11, 2032
Dec 11, 2032
Granted
Aug 29, 2017
Aug 29, 2017
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
7
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 9,362,335.
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 runs 7 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Dec 11, 2012, when application PCT/EP2012/075080, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 5, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 11, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +7 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 18, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,362,335) | capped to Dec 11, 2032 | 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 | Dec 11, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,362,335 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 10,253,598 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 9,748,309 | this patent Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2016/031092 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 15/594,202 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,461,120 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2018/030962 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 16/736,396 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2016 Reel 38480, frame 286 | Von Malm, Norwin | OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 3, 2020 Reel 51467, frame 906 | OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH | OSRAM OLED GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Dec 2032
Term ends Dec 11, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 7 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,362,335.
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.