Term ends May 24, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 6, 2029
Held by Leverage Design Ltd.
Filed Apr 11, 2014 as application 14/251,340 · Granted May 17, 2016
Base term plus 79 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Mar 6, 2009
Mar 6, 2009
Term ends
May 24, 2029
May 24, 2029
Granted
May 17, 2016
May 17, 2016
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
79
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.
9
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 79 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Mar 6, 2009, when application 12/399,893, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 11, 2014) | Mar 6, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +79 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 24, 2029 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 24, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,186,693 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 8,371,590 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 8,695,993 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 9,339,720 | this patent May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 10,137,356 | In force Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| US 11,033,799 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 11,565,169 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 12,257,492 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
8 of 9 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
May 2029
Term ends May 24, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 79 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
26
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2016 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.