Term ends May 1, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 16, 2029
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Analog Devices, Inc.
Filed Feb 11, 2014 as application 14/177,571 · Granted Sep 12, 2017
Base term plus 501 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2031
Clock starts
Dec 16, 2009
Dec 16, 2009
Term ends
May 1, 2031
May 1, 2031
Granted
Sep 12, 2017
Sep 12, 2017
base term
patent term adjustment
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
501
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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 501 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 16, 2009, when application 12/639,161, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 11, 2014); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 16, 2029 | 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 | +501 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 1, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | 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 1, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,058,769 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 8,689,426 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 8,362,675 | In force no later than Dec 2029 | no later than Dec 2029 |
| US 8,629,599 | In force no later than Dec 2029 | no later than Dec 2029 |
| US 8,937,425 | In force no later than Dec 2029 | no later than Dec 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2012/047015 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,762,202 | this patent May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 9,602,074 | In force no later than Dec 2029 | no later than Dec 2029 |
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 13, 2014 Reel 32212, frame 419 | Thalmayr, Florian; Kuypers, Jan H.; Schoepf, Klaus Juergen | Sand 9, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 4, 2015 Reel 36274, frame 273 | Sand 9, Inc. | Analog Devices, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
May 2031
Term ends May 1, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 501 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
162
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.