Term ends Feb 6, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 6, 2039
Held by Distalmotion S.A.
Filed Feb 6, 2019 as application 16/269,383 · Granted Sep 17, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Feb 6, 2019
Feb 6, 2019
Term ends
Feb 6, 2039
Feb 6, 2039
Granted
Sep 17, 2019
Sep 17, 2019
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.
1 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.
9
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 6, 2019, when this application, 16/269,383, was filed | Feb 6, 2039 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 6, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,413,374 | this patent Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 11,510,745 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 12,376,927 | In force Jan 2041 | Jan 2041 |
| US 12,161,438 | In force no later than Feb 2039 | no later than Feb 2039 |
| US 12,290,328 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 12,788,517 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| Application 19/216,558 | Pending not computed | not computed |
7 of 9 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 7, 2019 Reel 48257, frame 659 | Chassot, Julien; Friedrich, Michael | Distalmotion S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 2, 2020 Reel 53956, frame 310 | Distalmotion S.A. | Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH | Security Interest |
| Nov 2, 2021 Reel 57995, frame 211 | Distalmotion S.A. | Rvlhc II, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jan 31, 2022 Reel 58829, frame 18 | Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH | Distalmotion S.A. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 31, 2023 Reel 63181, frame 263 | Distalmotion S.A. | Rvlhc II, LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 11, 2026 Reel 75987, frame 614 | Chassot, Julien; Friedrich, Michael | Distalmotion S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Feb 2039
Term ends Feb 6, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
63
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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