Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 31, 2023 (Rvlhc II, LLC).
Term ends Aug 29, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 29, 2036
Held by Distalmotion S.A.
Filed May 22, 2022 as application 17/664,412 · Granted Apr 2, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Aug 29, 2016
Aug 29, 2016
Term ends
Aug 29, 2036
Aug 29, 2036
Granted
Apr 2, 2024
Apr 2, 2024
base term
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 10,786,272, US 11,337,716, to Aug 29, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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. 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 Aug 29, 2016, when application PCT/IB2016/001286, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 22, 2022) | Aug 29, 2036 | 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 10,786,272, US 11,337,716) | resolves to Aug 29, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Aug 29, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,786,272 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 11,337,716 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| US 11,944,337 | this patent Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| Application 18/592,220 | Pending 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2022 Reel 59991, frame 459 | Beira, Ricardo Daniel Rita | Distalmotion S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 31, 2023 Reel 63181, frame 263 | Distalmotion S.A. | Rvlhc II, LLC | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Aug 2036
Term ends Aug 29, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,786,272, US 11,337,716, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
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