Also listed on Ethicon LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Apr 6, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 23, 2028
Held by Cilag GmbH International
Filed Apr 28, 2021 as application 17/242,766 · Granted Nov 14, 2023
Base term plus 195 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Sep 23, 2008
Sep 23, 2008
Term ends
Apr 6, 2029
Apr 6, 2029
Granted
Nov 14, 2023
Nov 14, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
195
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,655,614, to Apr 6, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.
24
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 195 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 1 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 Sep 23, 2008, when application 12/235,972, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 28, 2021) | Sep 23, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +195 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 6, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,655,614) | resolves to Apr 6, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 6, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,050,083 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,028,519 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 9,386,983 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 8,602,288 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2012/039350 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,005,230 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 9,655,614 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2014/011627 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 24 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 6, 2021 Reel 56983, frame 569 | Ethicon LLC | Cilag GmbH International | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 19, 2022 Reel 61134, frame 437 | Yates, David C.; Shelton, Frederick E., IV; Morgan, Jerome R. | Ethicon LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2029
Term ends Apr 6, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 195 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,655,614, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
467
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2023 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.