Also listed on Waveform Technologies, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ended Nov 9, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 9, 2026
Held by Konamite Limited
Filed Feb 28, 2017 as application 15/445,492 · Granted Oct 8, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Nov 9, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Nov 9, 2006
Nov 9, 2006
Term ended
Nov 9, 2026
Nov 9, 2026
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
Oct 8, 2019
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,615,851, to Nov 9, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 9, 2006, when application 11/558,394, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 28, 2017) | Nov 9, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,615,851) | resolves to Nov 9, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 9, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 11/558,394 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2006/043737 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,615,851 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 10,433,789 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 12,290,385 | In force no later than Oct 2029 | no later than Oct 2029 |
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 22, 2018 Reel 46665, frame 231 | Neinast, Mark; Bruce, Robert; Ward, W. Kenneth; Sass, Richard G.; Fortuna, Jon | Isense Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 22, 2018 Reel 46665, frame 243 | Isense Corporation | Bayer Healthcare, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 22, 2018 Reel 46665, frame 268 | Bayer Healthcare, Inc. | Isense Acquisition, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 22, 2018 Reel 46665, frame 292 | Isense Acquisition, LLC | Agamatrix, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 22, 2018 Reel 46665, frame 313 | Agamatrix, Inc. | Waveform Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 11, 2024 Reel 67073, frame 813 | Waveform Technologies, Inc.; Waveform Holdings, LLC | Konamite Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,615,851, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
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