Term ends no later than Mar 3, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 1, 2029
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Shine Technologies, LLC
Filed Apr 15, 2022 as application 17/722,176 · Granted Oct 14, 2025
USPTO first gave this application the number US 12,412,676 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term plus 306 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
May 1, 2009
May 1, 2009
Ends no later than
Mar 3, 2030
Mar 3, 2030
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Oct 14, 2025
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
306
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
7
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 306 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 0 of 1 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 May 1, 2009, when application PCT/US2009/042587, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 15, 2022) | May 1, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +306 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 3, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Mar 3, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 61/050,096 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2009/042587 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,734,926 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 11,830,637 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 12,444,515 | this patent no later than Mar 2030 | no later than Mar 2030 |
| Application 17/722,164 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 18/489,707 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 2025 Reel 70065, frame 301 | Piefer, Gregory | Phoenix Nuclear Labs LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 30, 2025 Reel 70065, frame 452 | Phoenix Nuclear Labs LLC | Shine Medical Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 30, 2025 Reel 70073, frame 435 | Shine Medical Technologies, Inc. | Shine Medical Technologies, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jan 30, 2025 Reel 70073, frame 442 | Shine Medical Technologies, LLC | Shine Technologies, LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Mar 2030
Term ends no later than Mar 3, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 306 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Mar 3, 2030. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2025 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it.
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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.