Also listed on Otologics, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ended Oct 16, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 20, 2026
Held by Cochlear Limited
Filed Feb 10, 2009 as application 12/368,854 · Granted Mar 8, 2011
Base term plus 269 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Oct 16, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jan 20, 2006
Jan 20, 2006
Term ended
Oct 16, 2026
Oct 16, 2026
Granted
Mar 8, 2011
Mar 8, 2011
base term
patent term adjustment
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
269
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
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 269 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Jan 20, 2006, when application 11/336,394, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 10, 2009) | Jan 20, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +269 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 16, 2026 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 16, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,489,793 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2006/009273 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,903,836 | this patent Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,509,469 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2021 | Aug 2021 |
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 21, 2009 Reel 23128, frame 357 | Miller, Scott Allan, III; Schneider, Robert Edwin | Otologics, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 22, 2010 Reel 23832, frame 387 | Otologics, L.l.c. | Cochlear Limited | Security Agreement |
| Oct 3, 2012 Reel 29072, frame 633 | Cochlear Limited | Otologics, L.l.c. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 3, 2012 Reel 29072, frame 647 | Otologics, L.l.c. | Cochlear Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 269 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 below the median of utility patents granted in 2011 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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