Term ends Dec 12, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 20, 2027
Held by Alcon Inc.
Filed Dec 7, 2009 as application 12/632,738 · Granted Dec 25, 2012
Base term plus 22 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Nov 20, 2007
Nov 20, 2007
Term ends
Dec 12, 2027
Dec 12, 2027
Granted
Dec 25, 2012
Dec 25, 2012
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
22
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.
8
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 22 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Nov 20, 2007, when application 11/943,289, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 7, 2009) | Nov 20, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +22 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 12, 2027 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 12, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,512,404 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2008/083223 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,337,509 | this patent Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 8,551,166 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 8,808,222 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 9,050,169 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 9,226,852 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 9,351,874 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2010 Reel 24532, frame 409 | Schieber, Andrew T.; Wardle, John; Matthees, Edward; Euteneuer, Charles L. | Ivantis, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 12, 2022 Reel 61161, frame 697 | Ivantis, Inc. | Alcon Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Dec 2027
Term ends Dec 12, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 22 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
223
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2012 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. 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.