Term ends Oct 1, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 1, 2028
Held by Covidien LP
Filed Nov 17, 2015 as application 14/943,587 · Granted Sep 18, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Oct 1, 2008
Oct 1, 2008
Term ends
Oct 1, 2028
Oct 1, 2028
Granted
Sep 18, 2018
Sep 18, 2018
base term
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Oct 1, 2008, when application 12/243,367, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 17, 2015) | Oct 1, 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 | None on record | no cap applied | 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 | Oct 1, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,186,128 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 8,968,210 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| Application 13/029,593 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,332,973 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 9,782,565 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| US 9,913,630 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 10,076,316 | this patent Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 11,039,816 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2016 Reel 37617, frame 709 | Mugan, John; Murphy, Brian; McWeeney, John | Boston Endoscopic Engineering Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 29, 2016 Reel 37652, frame 412 | Boston Endoscopic Engineering Corporation | Beacon Endoscopic Corporation | Change of Name |
| Jan 29, 2016 Reel 37621, frame 62 | Beacon Endoscopic Engineering Corporation | Beacon Endoscopic LLC | Merger |
| Jan 29, 2016 Reel 37621, frame 219 | Beacon Endoscopic LLC | Covidien LP | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2028
Term ends Oct 1, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
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