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US 9,916,498 Term ended

Overview Sources & methods

Term ended Nov 28, 2021 · Medium confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Apr 20, 2026.

Held by Orbograph LTD

Filed Jan 30, 2017 as application 15/420,017 · Granted Mar 13, 2018

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

20 years from filing

Term ended Nov 28, 2021

2001 2026

Clock starts
Nov 28, 2001

Term ended
Nov 28, 2021

Granted
Mar 13, 2018

base term after the term ends 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.

None

Terminal disclaimer

No disclaimer on this record.

1 of 1

Maintenance fees paid

One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.

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 Nov 28, 2001, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Jan 30, 2017); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)	Nov 28, 2021	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	None on file	no change	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 1 maintenance fees paid	term ended	High confidence
USPTO status record	Recorded as expired for non-payment on Apr 20, 2026, after the term ended	no change	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Nov 28, 2021	Medium confidence

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.

Not on this page: the patent's family, its recorded assignments and its citation count. USPTO's assignment records, linked above, list every recorded assignment.

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.

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Term ended Nov 28, 2021 · Medium confidence

20-year base term ended Nov 28, 2021

How we calculated this date

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