US 10,026,338 · Application 13/481,725 · Granted Jul 17, 2018
US 10,026,338
Embedded motion sensing technology for integration within commercial ultrasound probes
Estimated expiration
December 16, 2026
94 days remaining
Earliest effective filing
Nov 30, 2005
+ 20 years
Nov 30, 2025
PTA +381d
Dec 16, 2026
No TD
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Final
Dec 16, 2026
This calculation includes patent term adjustment (PTA) under 35 U.S.C. §154(b). Patent term extension (PTE) under 35 U.S.C. §156 (for FDA-regulated products) is not included.
Calculation details
Base term
- Filing date
- May 25, 2012
- Earliest effective filing
- November 30, 2005
- Issue date
- July 17, 2018
- PTA
- +381 days
- Base expiry (before PTA)
- November 30, 2025
November 30, 2005 + 20 years = November 30, 2025 + 381 PTA days = December 16, 2026
- Continuation-in-part of application 13/243,758, filed Sep 23, 2011, issued as US 8,480,404
- Continuation of application 11/720,515, filed May 30, 2007
- National stage entry of application PCTUS2005043155, filed Nov 30, 2005
- National stage entry of application PCTUS2005043155, filed Nov 30, 2005
- Continuation of application 11/720,515, filed May 30, 2007
- National stage entry of application PCTUS2005043155, filed Nov 30, 2005
- PRO60/631,488 — Provisional — not used for base term
- PRO60/631,488 — Provisional — not used for base term
- PRO60/631,488 — Provisional — not used for base term
- PRO60/631,488 — Provisional — not used for base term
- PRO61/491,126 — Provisional — not used for base term
- PRO61/491,131 — Provisional — not used for base term
- PRO61/491,134 — Provisional — not used for base term
- PRO61/491,135 — Provisional — not used for base term
- PRO61/491,138 — Provisional — not used for base term
Terminal disclaimers
Patent term extension under 35 U.S.C. §156, which can apply to certain drug, biologic, animal drug and medical device patents, is not included in this calculation. How PTE is calculated
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