Term ends May 22, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 15, 2033
Held by Stratasys, Inc.
Filed May 27, 2015 as application 14/723,330 · Granted Mar 27, 2018
Base term plus 88 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2013
Mar 15, 2013
Term ends
May 22, 2033
May 22, 2033
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Mar 27, 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
88
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,527,242.
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.
15
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 88 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Mar 15, 2013, when application 13/833,526, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 27, 2015) | Mar 15, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +88 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 11, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,527,242) | capped to May 22, 2033 | 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 | May 22, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,592,530 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| US 9,744,722 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2013/069793 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,527,242 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| Application PCT/US2014/067093 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,144,828 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 10,023,739 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 9,925,714 | this patent May 2033 | May 2033 |
8 of 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2018 Reel 46785, frame 960 | Rodgers, Luke M.b.; Jaker, Vittorio L. | Stratasys, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2033
Term ends May 22, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 88 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,527,242.
Citations
21
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.