Term ends Mar 13, 2027 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 17, 2026
Grace period ended Nov 4, 2026 · no payment on record as of the Nov 10, 2026 fee file · lapse expected
No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed Aug 26, 2011 as application 13/219,316 · Granted Nov 4, 2014
Base term plus 116 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Nov 17, 2006
Nov 17, 2006
Term ends
Mar 13, 2027
Mar 13, 2027
Granted
Nov 4, 2014
Nov 4, 2014
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
116
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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 116 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low: the grace period for its third maintenance fee ended Nov 4, 2026 with no payment on record. 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 17, 2006, when application 11/601,497, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 26, 2011) | Nov 17, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +116 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 13, 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 | The grace period ended with no payment on record in the fee file | grace period ended Nov 4, 2026 | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 13, 2027 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 8,234,392 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 8,878,857 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 9,953,391 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 10,497,086 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Nov 4
Grace period ended Nov 4, 2026 with no payment on record. The term ends early once USPTO posts the lapse
Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 13, 2027.
Note
The 116 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2014 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.