Also listed on 3DINTEGRATED APS, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Oct 31, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 20, 2035
Held by Cilag GmbH International
Filed Aug 19, 2016 as application 15/120,256 · Granted Jun 15, 2021
Base term plus 253 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Feb 20, 2015
Feb 20, 2015
Term ends
Oct 31, 2035
Oct 31, 2035
Granted
Jun 15, 2021
Jun 15, 2021
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
253
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.
3
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 253 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 Feb 20, 2015, when application PCT/DK2015/050035, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 19, 2016) | Feb 20, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +253 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 31, 2035 | 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 | Oct 31, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,033,182 | this patent Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
| US 12,075,981 | In force Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
2 of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2018 Reel 46935, frame 771 | Hansen, Steen Møller; Kirkegaard, Henriette Schultz | 3DINTEGRATED APS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 10, 2018 Reel 47867, frame 900 | Hansen, Steen Møller; Kirkegaard, Henriette Schultz | 3DINTEGRATED APS | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Title of Invention Previously Recorded on Reel 046935 Frame 0771. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correction of the Title of Invention. |
| Jun 22, 2022 Reel 60274, frame 505 | Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 3DINTEGRATED APS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2022 Reel 60274, frame 645 | Ethicon LLC | 3DINTEGRATED APS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2022 Reel 60274, frame 758 | Cilag GmbH International | 3DINTEGRATED APS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 1, 2022 Reel 61607, frame 631 | 3DINTEGRATED APS | Cilag GmbH International | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2035
Term ends Oct 31, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 253 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
775
later US patents cite this one
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