Term ends Jun 29, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 29, 2027
Held by Cilag GmbH International
Filed Jun 29, 2007 as application 11/824,389 · Granted Mar 2, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jun 29, 2007
Jun 29, 2007
Term ends
Jun 29, 2027
Jun 29, 2027
Granted
Mar 2, 2010
Mar 2, 2010
base term
fee events
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.
3 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.
86
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. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 29, 2007, when this application, 11/824,389, was filed | Jun 29, 2027 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 29, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,669,746 | Term ended no later than Aug 2025 | no later than Aug 2025 |
| US 8,365,976 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| Application 11/714,049 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/711,975 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,500,979 | Term ended Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 7,673,781 | Term ended Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| US 8,317,070 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 7,669,747 | this patent Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
8 of 86 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2007 Reel 19867, frame 360 | Weisenburgh, William B., II; Hess, Christopher J. | Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 29, 2015 Reel 37161, frame 918 | Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 28, 2017 Reel 41825, frame 651 | Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC | Ethicon LLC | Change of Name |
| Apr 27, 2021 Reel 56601, frame 339 | Ethicon LLC | Cilag GmbH International | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jun 2027
Term ends Jun 29, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
2,407
later US patents cite this one
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