Method and system for rapidly determining and displaying the depth of ear tip placement to improve the reliability of hearing tests

US 9,867,572 Lapsed on the fee record

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Lapsed Jan 16, 2026 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

Computed 20-year base term

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Named at grant Etymotic Research, Inc. · find this owner

Filed Sep 10, 2014 as application 14/483,109 · Granted Jan 16, 2018

Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 618 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

Lapsed Jan 16, 2026

2014 2036

Clock starts
Sep 10, 2014

No longer in force
Jan 16, 2026

Granted
Jan 16, 2018

Term would have run to
May 20, 2036

base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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

618

Days of term adjustment

Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.

None

Terminal disclaimer

No disclaimer on this record.

1 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.

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Step	Input	Date after this step	Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filing	Clock starts Sep 10, 2014, when this application, 14/483,109, was filed	Sep 10, 2034	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+618 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	May 20, 2036	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	1 of 3 maintenance fees paid	lapsed Jan 16, 2026	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Jan 16, 2026	From the USPTO record

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Method and system for rapidly determining and displaying the depth of ear tip placement to improve the reliability of hearing tests

Lapsed Jan 16, 2026 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

20-year base term ends Sep 10, 2034

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