Also listed on Acera Surgical, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends May 12, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 12, 2036
Filed Apr 9, 2021 as application 17/226,384 · Granted Jan 18, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
May 12, 2016
May 12, 2016
Term ends
May 12, 2036
May 12, 2036
Granted
Jan 18, 2022
Jan 18, 2022
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,632,228, to May 12, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 12, 2016, when application 15/152,726, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 9, 2021) | May 12, 2036 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,632,228) | resolves to May 12, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | May 12, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,632,228 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 11,826,487 | In force May 2036 | May 2036 |
| US 11,224,677 | this patent May 2036 | May 2036 |
| US 12,564,658 | In force May 2036 | May 2036 |
| Application 19/239,809 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/239,805 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/308,043 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/353,364 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2021 Reel 58340, frame 432 | Macewan, Matthew | Acera Surgical, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 26, 2023 Reel 63103, frame 303 | Acera Surgical, Inc. | Wilson Family Legacy Trust No. 1 | Security Interest |
| Dec 23, 2025 Reel 73303, frame 131 | Wilson Family Legacy Trust No. I | Acera Surgical, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 12, 2026 Reel 74933, frame 515 | Acera Surgical, Inc. | Solventum Intellectual Properties Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
May 2036
Term ends May 12, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,632,228, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
18
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.