Term ends Mar 13, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 13, 2033
Held by TC1 LLC
Filed Sep 4, 2020 as application 17/013,066 · Granted Jan 25, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Mar 13, 2013
Mar 13, 2013
Term ends
Mar 13, 2033
Mar 13, 2033
Granted
Jan 25, 2022
Jan 25, 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
13
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 2 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 Mar 13, 2013, when application 13/802,570, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 4, 2020) | Mar 13, 2033 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 13, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,721,517 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 9,327,067 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 9,675,740 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 10,039,872 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 10,765,789 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| US 11,229,786 | this patent Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 11,260,213 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 11,311,712 | In force Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
8 of 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2020 Reel 54120, frame 790 | Zeng, Zijing; Yuen, Phyllis; Butler, Michael R. | Thoratec Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 18, 2020 Reel 54457, frame 82 | Thoratec Corporation | Thoratec LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 7, 2020 Reel 54627, frame 275 | Thoratec LLC | TC1 LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2033
Term ends Mar 13, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
57
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.
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