Term ends Sep 2, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 24, 2032
Held by Liko Research & Development AB
Filed Feb 19, 2019 as application 16/279,318 · Granted Dec 29, 2020
Base term plus 9 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Aug 24, 2012
Aug 24, 2012
Term ends
Sep 2, 2032
Sep 2, 2032
Granted
Dec 29, 2020
Dec 29, 2020
base term
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
9
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
4
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 9 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 24, 2012, when application 13/594,445, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 19, 2019) | Aug 24, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +9 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 2, 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 | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 2, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,045,895 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 10,251,796 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 10,874,565 | this patent Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 11,801,176 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2032
Term ends Sep 2, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 9 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2020 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.