Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 2, 2021 (Rvlhc II, LLC).
Term ends Dec 2, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 18, 2035
Why Medium: No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds.
Held by Distalmotion S.A.
Filed May 8, 2020 as application 16/870,870 · Granted Oct 25, 2022
Base term plus 350 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2036
Clock starts
Dec 18, 2015
Dec 18, 2015
Term ends
Dec 2, 2036
Dec 2, 2036
Granted
Oct 25, 2022
Oct 25, 2022
base term
patent term adjustment
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
350
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
Not on record
Maintenance fees
USPTO's record of this patent carries no fee events. A gap in the record, not evidence of lapse.
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 runs 350 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. USPTO's record of this patent carries no fee events, so no fee is counted as paid or unpaid. Confidence: Medium. 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 18, 2015, when application PCT/IB2015/002512, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 8, 2020) | Dec 18, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +350 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 2, 2036 | 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 | No fee events in USPTO's record of this patent. A gap in the record, not evidence of lapse | In force | Medium confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 2, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,646,294 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 11,478,315 | this patent Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 12,262,969 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| Application 18/942,292 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
4 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2020 Reel 53361, frame 465 | Beira, Ricardo Daniel Rita | Distalmotion S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 2, 2021 Reel 57995, frame 211 | Distalmotion S.A. | Rvlhc II, LLC | Security Interest |
| Mar 31, 2023 Reel 63181, frame 263 | Distalmotion S.A. | Rvlhc II, LLC | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2036
Term ends Dec 2, 2036.
Note
The 350 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
46
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
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.