Term ends Dec 28, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 20, 2032
Held by Widex A/S
Filed Jun 18, 2015 as application 14/743,179 · Granted Apr 10, 2018
Base term plus 8 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Dec 20, 2012
Dec 20, 2012
Term ends
Dec 28, 2032
Dec 28, 2032
Granted
Apr 10, 2018
Apr 10, 2018
base term
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
8
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.
3
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 8 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 Dec 20, 2012, when application PCT/EP2012/076416, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 18, 2015) | Dec 20, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +8 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 28, 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 28, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,942,667 | this patent Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 10,582,312 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
2 of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2015 Reel 35861, frame 878 | Ungstrup, Michael; Rank, Mike Lind | Widex A/S | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2032
Term ends Dec 28, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 8 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
55
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.