Term ends Dec 16, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 27, 2032
Held by Sintokogio, Ltd.
Filed Apr 2, 2015 as application 14/407,386 · Granted Feb 6, 2018
Base term plus 142 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Jul 27, 2012
Jul 27, 2012
Term ends
Dec 16, 2032
Dec 16, 2032
Granted
Feb 6, 2018
Feb 6, 2018
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
142
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.
70
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 142 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Jul 27, 2012, when application PCT/JP2012/069177, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 2, 2015) | Jul 27, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +142 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 16, 2032 | 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 | Dec 16, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,545,736 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| Application 14/004,274 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,157,892 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| Application 14/232,438 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,381,616 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| US 9,726,373 | In force Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
| US 9,884,407 | this patent Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 9,638,668 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
8 of 70 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2015 Reel 35458, frame 691 | Ishikawa, Mitsuo; Yamamoto, Takuji | Sintokogio, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2032
Term ends Dec 16, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 142 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2018 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.