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US 9,965,954 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed May 8, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

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Filed May 26, 2010 as application 12/800,954 · Granted May 8, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 129 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed May 8, 2022
2005 2026
Clock starts
Jan 31, 2005
No longer in force
May 8, 2022
Granted
May 8, 2018
Term would have run to
Jun 9, 2025
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
129
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 7,729,708, to Jun 9, 2025. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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 filingClock starts Jan 31, 2005, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed May 26, 2010)Jan 31, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+129 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 9, 2025High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,729,708)resolves to Jun 9, 2025, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 1 maintenance fees paidlapsed May 8, 2022High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 8, 2022High confidence

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