Term ends no later than Sep 22, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 22, 2032
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by 460MEDICAL, Inc.
Filed Jan 20, 2023 as application 18/099,480 · Granted Sep 3, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Sep 22, 2012
Sep 22, 2012
Ends no later than
Sep 22, 2032
Sep 22, 2032
Granted
Sep 3, 2024
Sep 3, 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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
9
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 on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Sep 22, 2012, when applications 13/624,899 and 13/624,902, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Jan 20, 2023) | Sep 22, 2032 | 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 on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Sep 22, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,014,789 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| Application PCT/US2012/056771 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,084,611 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| US 10,736,512 | In force May 2034 | May 2034 |
| US 10,076,238 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 10,716,462 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 11,559,192 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 12,075,980 | this patent no later than Sep 2032 | no later than Sep 2032 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2023 Reel 63999, frame 449 | Kay, Matthew W.; Mercader, Marco A.; Sarvazyan, Narine | The George Washington University | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 20, 2023 Reel 63999, frame 560 | Amirana, Omar; Armstrong, Kenneth C.; Ransbury, Terrance J. | Luxcath, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 20, 2023 Reel 63999, frame 642 | Luxcath, LLC | 460MEDICAL, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2032
Term ends no later than Sep 22, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Sep 22, 2032. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2024 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it.
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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.