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US 10,826,481 In force
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Term ends Jan 20, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Feb 7, 2019 as application 16/270,248 · Granted Nov 3, 2020
Base term plus 63 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2035
Clock starts
Nov 18, 2014
Term ends
Jan 20, 2035
Granted
Nov 3, 2020
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
63
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 10,263,612, to Jan 20, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.
10
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 63 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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 18, 2014, when application PCT/JP2014/080497, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 7, 2019)Nov 18, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+63 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 20, 2035High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,263,612)resolves to Jan 20, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 20, 2035High confidence

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Sources

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