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Surgical Robotic System and Method for Commanding Instrument Position Based on Iterative Boundary Evaluation

US 11,045,958 In force
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Term ends Aug 2, 2033 · High confidence

Filed May 10, 2019 as application 16/409,024 · Granted Jun 29, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Aug 2, 2013
Term ends
Aug 2, 2033
Granted
Jun 29, 2021
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.
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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.
25
Family applications on record here
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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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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 2, 2013, when application 13/958,070, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 10, 2019)Aug 2, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 2, 2033High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 21, 2020
Reel 51890, frame 584
Bowling, David G.; Beer, Joel N.Stryker CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 18, 2024
Reel 69737, frame 184
Stryker CorporationStryker CorporationChange of Address

Sources

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