Term ends Dec 26, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 24, 2028
Held by Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Filed Dec 13, 2016 as application 15/377,362 · Granted Nov 14, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Mar 24, 2008
Mar 24, 2008
Term ends
Dec 26, 2027
Dec 26, 2027
Granted
Nov 14, 2017
Nov 14, 2017
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,851,685.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
23
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 2 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 24, 2008, when application 12/053,982, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 13, 2016) | Mar 24, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,851,685) | capped to Dec 26, 2027 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 26, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,437,669 | In force Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
| US 8,688,008 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 9,703,257 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| US 9,886,002 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US 9,817,333 | this patent Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 9,851,685 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 9,857,766 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 9,851,688 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
8 of 23 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
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What's changing
Dec 2027
Term ends Dec 26, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,851,685.
Citations
41
later US patents cite this one
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