Term ends Feb 16, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 27, 2032
Held by Ffei Limited
Filed Feb 21, 2014 as application 14/235,483 · Granted May 2, 2017
Base term plus 204 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Jul 27, 2012
Jul 27, 2012
Term ends
Feb 16, 2033
Feb 16, 2033
Granted
May 2, 2017
May 2, 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
204
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 9,116,035, to Feb 16, 2033. 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.
3
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 204 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 Jul 27, 2012, when application PCT/GB2012/051824, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 21, 2014) | Jul 27, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +204 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 16, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,116,035) | resolves to Feb 16, 2033, 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 | Feb 16, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,638,573 | this patent Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 9,903,785 | In force no later than Jul 2032 | no later than Jul 2032 |
2 of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 2014 Reel 32298, frame 573 | Gouch, Martin Philip | Ffei Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2033
Term ends Feb 16, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 204 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 9,116,035, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.