Term ends Jan 23, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 26, 2034
Held by Paneratech, Inc.
Filed Mar 26, 2014 as application 14/226,102 · Granted Nov 8, 2016
Base term plus 303 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2035
Clock starts
Mar 26, 2014
Mar 26, 2014
Term ends
Jan 23, 2035
Jan 23, 2035
Granted
Nov 8, 2016
Nov 8, 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
303
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 303 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 26, 2014, when this application, 14/226,102, was filed | Mar 26, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +303 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 23, 2035 | 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 | Jan 23, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,488,601 | this patent Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2014/031981 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,880,110 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2017/029309 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2014 Reel 32754, frame 858 | Ruege, Alexander C.; Bayram, Yakup; Walton, Eric K. | Paneratech, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jan 2035
Term ends Jan 23, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 303 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
219
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.