Term ends Feb 16, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 27, 2031
Held by Omron Corporation
Filed Nov 16, 2012 as application 13/579,625 · Granted Feb 7, 2017
Base term plus 385 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Jan 27, 2011
Jan 27, 2011
Term ends
Feb 16, 2032
Feb 16, 2032
Granted
Feb 7, 2017
Feb 7, 2017
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
385
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.
10
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 385 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 Jan 27, 2011, when application PCT/JP2011/051611, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 16, 2012) | Jan 27, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +385 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 16, 2032 | 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 | Feb 16, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,917,897 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 9,563,195 | this patent Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| US 8,773,668 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| Application 13/636,272 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,976,985 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
5 of 10 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2012 Reel 29311, frame 291 | Moriya, Toshihiro | Omron Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2032
Term ends Feb 16, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 385 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2017 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.