Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 1, 2021 (Midcap Financial Trust).
Term ends Jun 24, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 2, 2038
Held by Medtec LLC
Filed Jan 2, 2018 as application 15/859,993 · Granted Jun 20, 2023
Base term plus 904 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2040
Clock starts
Jan 2, 2018
Jan 2, 2018
Term ends
Jun 24, 2040
Jun 24, 2040
Granted
Jun 20, 2023
Jun 20, 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
904
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
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 904 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
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 Jan 2, 2018, when this application, 15/859,993, was filed | Jan 2, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +904 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 24, 2040 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 24, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,679,053 | this patent Jun 2040 | Jun 2040 |
| US 11,712,580 | In force Feb 2038 | Feb 2038 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2018 Reel 44516, frame 361 | Nordgren, Gregory Nephi; Barnat, William Louis | Medtec, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 13, 2021 Reel 57957, frame 548 | Medtec, Inc. | Medtec LLC | Entity Conversion |
| Nov 1, 2021 Reel 58576, frame 623 | Medtec LLC | Midcap Financial Trust | Patent Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2040
Term ends Jun 24, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 904 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
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