Term ends Mar 14, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 19, 2028
Filed Nov 19, 2015 as application 14/946,425 · Granted Mar 20, 2018
Base term plus 115 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Nov 19, 2008
Nov 19, 2008
Term ends
Mar 14, 2029
Mar 14, 2029
Granted
Mar 20, 2018
Mar 20, 2018
base term
patent term adjustment
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
115
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,204,344, to Mar 14, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
5
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 115 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 2 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 Nov 19, 2008, when application 12/273,598, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 19, 2015) | Nov 19, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +115 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 14, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,204,344) | resolves to Mar 14, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 14, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,204,344 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 9,924,417 | this patent Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 10,499,290 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 11,246,066 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 11,729,677 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2029
Term ends Mar 14, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 115 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,204,344, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below 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.