Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 2, 2021 (Rvlhc II, LLC).
Term ends Feb 12, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 29, 2036
Held by Distalmotion S.A.
Filed Feb 27, 2018 as application 15/756,037 · Granted Sep 29, 2020
Base term plus 167 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
Aug 29, 2016
Aug 29, 2016
Term ends
Feb 12, 2037
Feb 12, 2037
Granted
Sep 29, 2020
Sep 29, 2020
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
167
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
5
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 167 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Aug 29, 2016, when application PCT/IB2016/001286, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 27, 2018) | Aug 29, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +167 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 12, 2037 | 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 12, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,786,272 | this patent Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 11,337,716 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| US 11,944,337 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| Application 18/592,220 | Pending not computed | not computed |
4 of 5 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 28, 2018 Reel 45070, frame 285 | Beira, Ricardo Daniel Rita | 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 |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2037
Term ends Feb 12, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 167 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
79
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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