Term ends Sep 12, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 19, 2036
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Filed Jul 27, 2020 as application 16/940,010 · Granted Jun 20, 2023
Base term plus 206 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Feb 19, 2016
Feb 19, 2016
Term ends
Sep 12, 2036
Sep 12, 2036
Granted
Jun 20, 2023
Jun 20, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
206
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
11
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 206 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Feb 19, 2016, when application PCT/EP2016/053613, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 27, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 19, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +206 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 12, 2036 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 12, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 14/606,741 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,751,385 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| US 11,236,390 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 10,493,046 | In force Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| US 11,344,515 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 11,679,140 | this patent Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| Application 17/552,130 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 18/313,124 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 11 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2036
Term ends Sep 12, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 206 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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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