Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 31, 2022 (Owl Rock Capital Corporation).
Term ends Dec 15, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 15, 2026
Filed Nov 11, 2020 as application 17/095,100 · Granted Apr 26, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Dec 15, 2006
Dec 15, 2006
Term ends
Dec 15, 2026
Dec 15, 2026
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
Apr 26, 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 10,835,720, US 9,833,600, to Dec 15, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it 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 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 1 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 Dec 15, 2006, when application 11/611,748, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 11, 2020) | Dec 15, 2026 | 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 10,835,720, US 9,833,600) | resolves to Dec 15, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 15, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,942,847 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 8,568,648 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 9,833,600 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 10,835,720 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 11,311,702 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
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 17, 2022 Reel 59172, frame 759 | Confluent Medical Technologies, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Mar 14, 2022 Reel 59260, frame 388 | Stupecky, Josef J.; Mabry, Eric | Interface Associates, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 18, 2022 Reel 59313, frame 561 | Interface Associates, Inc. | Confluent Medical Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 31, 2022 Reel 61599, frame 663 | Confluent Medical Technologies, Inc. | Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 29, 2024 Reel 66948, frame 945 | Blue Owl Capital Corporation (F/K/A/ Owl Rock Capital Corporation) | Confluent Medical Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents - 2L [R/F 061599/0663] |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 15, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,835,720, US 9,833,600, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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