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Hearing Aid Device Comprising a Sensor Member

US 9,826,318 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilySources & methods

Term ends no later than Feb 12, 2035 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Held by Oticon A/S
Filed Jan 31, 2017 as application 15/420,268 · Granted Nov 21, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Feb 12, 2015
Ends no later than
Feb 12, 2035
Granted
Nov 21, 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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 12, 2015, when application 14/620,685, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 31, 2017)Feb 12, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Feb 12, 2035Medium confidence

This family

US 9,596,551In force
Jun 2035
Jun 2035
US 9,826,318this patent
no later than Feb 2035
no later than Feb 2035
US 10,524,061In force
Feb 2035
Feb 2035
US 11,128,961In force
no later than Feb 2035
no later than Feb 2035
US 11,533,570In force
Feb 2035
Feb 2035
US 11,889,265In force
Feb 2035
Feb 2035
US 12,284,485In force
Feb 2035
Feb 2035
Application 19/084,486Pending
not computed
not computed
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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