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Surgical Tray Efficiency System and Related Methods

US 12,279,918 In force
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Term ends Feb 26, 2036 · High confidence

Filed May 10, 2024 as application 18/661,296 · Granted Apr 22, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Feb 26, 2016
Term ends
Feb 26, 2036
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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Maintenance fees paid
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Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 26, 2016, when application 15/055,280, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 10, 2024)Feb 26, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 26, 2036High 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
May 13, 2024
Reel 67385, frame 684
Gerstner, JeffreyFlex Operating Room, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 13, 2024
Reel 67385, frame 714
Flex Operating Room, LLC; Flex Operating Room, Inc.Flex Operating Room, Inc.Merger and Change of Name

Sources

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