Term ends May 9, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 16, 2029
Held by Otonomy, Inc.
Filed Apr 26, 2010 as application 12/767,461 · Granted Nov 5, 2013
Base term plus 297 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Jul 16, 2009
Jul 16, 2009
Term ends
May 9, 2030
May 9, 2030
Granted
Nov 5, 2013
Nov 5, 2013
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
297
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.
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 297 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 Jul 16, 2009, when application 12/504,553, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 26, 2010) | Jul 16, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +297 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 9, 2030 | 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 | May 9, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,496,957 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2009/051078 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2009/067552 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,575,122 | this patent May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 9,066,855 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| US 9,808,460 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2021 | Nov 2021 |
| Application 14/795,825 | Abandoned 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2010 Reel 24518, frame 593 | Lichter, Jay; Piu, Fabrice; Dellamary, Luis A.; Ye, Qiang; Lebel, Carl; Trammel, Andrew M. | Otonomy, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2030
Term ends May 9, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 297 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
50
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 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.