Term ends Dec 9, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 2, 2023
Held by Teleflex Life Sciences LLC
Filed Sep 2, 2003 as application 10/653,879 · Granted Jul 27, 2010
Base term plus 1559 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2003
2027
Clock starts
Sep 2, 2003
Sep 2, 2003
Term ends
Dec 9, 2027
Dec 9, 2027
Granted
Jul 27, 2010
Jul 27, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,559
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
19
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 1559 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 2, 2003, when this application, 10/653,879, was filed | Sep 2, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1559 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 9, 2027 | 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 | Dec 9, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,422,579 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2020 | Sep 2020 |
| US 7,374,560 | Term ended Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 7,604,612 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2021 | Oct 2021 |
| Application 10/301,779 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,763,012 | this patent Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2004/027405 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,654,978 | Term ended May 2021 | May 2021 |
| US 8,221,348 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2024 | Jul 2024 |
8 of 19 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 2, 2003 Reel 14482, frame 498 | Petrick, Timothy B.; Willard, Steve; Keith, Peter T.; Wahr, Dennis, W. | Velocimed DMC, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 20, 2006 Reel 17205, frame 644 | Velocimed DMC, Inc. | ST. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Nov 6, 2012 Reel 29276, frame 316 | ST. Jude Medical, Inc. | Vascular Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 8, 2017 Reel 44767, frame 246 | Vascular Solutions, Inc. | Vascular Solutions LLC | Change of Name |
| Dec 11, 2017 Reel 44822, frame 837 | Vascular Solutions LLC | Teleflex Innovations S.À.R.L. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 8, 2020 Reel 51519, frame 816 | Teleflex Innovations S.À.R.L. | Teleflex Medical Devices S.À.R.L. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 8, 2020 Reel 51519, frame 873 | Teleflex Medical Devices S.À.R.L. | Teleflex Life Sciences Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 15, 2024 Reel 66305, frame 565 | Teleflex Life Sciences Limited | Teleflex Life Sciences III LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 15, 2024 Reel 66305, frame 817 | Teleflex Life Sciences III LLC | Teleflex Life Sciences LLC | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2027
Term ends Dec 9, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1559 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
238
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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