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Rotationally Balanced Slot Pattern for Flexible Shafts

US 11,672,545 In force
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Term ends Jul 14, 2041 · High confidence

Filed Nov 4, 2020 as application 16/949,575 · Granted Jun 13, 2023
Base term plus 252 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2041
Clock starts
Nov 4, 2020
Term ends
Jul 14, 2041
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
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
252
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
2
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 252 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 4, 2020, when this application, 16/949,575, was filedNov 4, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+252 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 14, 2041High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 14, 2041High 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
Nov 4, 2020
Reel 54268, frame 533
Gareiss, Warren Scott; Ratkowski, Ryan MichaelAvalign Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 14, 2022
Reel 62096, frame 869
Viper Technologies, LLC; Avalign Technologies, Inc.Crescent Agency Services LLCSecurity Interest
Dec 15, 2022
Reel 62101, frame 412
Avalign Technologies, Inc.Keybank National AssociationSecurity Interest
Dec 23, 2022
Reel 62198, frame 381
Avalign Technologies, Inc.U.S. Bank National AssociationSecurity Interest
Mar 4, 2024
Reel 66636, frame 769
Viper Technologies LLC; Avalign Technologies, Inc.Crescent Agency Services, LLCSecurity Interest
Mar 4, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Crescent Agency Services, LLCAvalign Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 4, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Crescent Agency Services, LLCViper Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Mar 4, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank National AssociationAvalign Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 4, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank National AssociationViper Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Mar 4, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank National AssociationNemcomed, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 4, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank National AssociationAdvantis Medical, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 4, 2024
Reel 66637, frame 114
Crescent Agency Services, LLCAvalign Technologies, Inc.; Viper Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Mar 4, 2024
Reel 66637, frame 728
U.S. Bank National AssociationAvalign Technologies, Inc.; Viper Technologies, LLC; Nemcomed, Inc.; Advantis Medical, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 5, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Keybank National Association, As Collateral AgentAvalign Technologies Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 5, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Keybank National Association, As Collateral AgentNemcomed, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 5, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Keybank National Association, As Collateral AgentViper Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Mar 5, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Keybank National Association, As Collateral AgentAdvantis Medical, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 5, 2024
Reel 66654, frame 713
Keybank National Association, As Collateral AgentAvalign Technologies Inc.; Nemcomed, Inc.; Viper Technologies, LLC; Advantis Medical, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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