Also listed on Sonoscan, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends May 10, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 23, 2031
Held by Nordson Corporation
Filed Mar 17, 2014 as application 14/216,429 · Granted Jun 28, 2016
Base term plus 169 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Nov 23, 2011
Nov 23, 2011
Term ends
May 10, 2032
May 10, 2032
Granted
Jun 28, 2016
Jun 28, 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
169
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,720,273, to May 10, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 169 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Nov 23, 2011, when application 13/304,070, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 17, 2014) | Nov 23, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +169 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 10, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,720,273) | resolves to May 10, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 10, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,794,072 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 8,720,273 | In force Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| US 9,377,443 | this patent May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 10,241,085 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
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, 2014 Reel 33583, frame 918 | Kessler, Lawrence W.; Kleinschmidt, Thomas; Micek, Dan | Sonoscan, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 8, 2019 Reel 48823, frame 328 | Sonoscan, Inc. | Nordson Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2032
Term ends May 10, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 169 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,720,273, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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.