Term ends Feb 24, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 28, 2029
Held by Medtec LLC
Filed Apr 28, 2009 as application 12/431,121 · Granted Apr 3, 2012
Base term plus 302 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Apr 28, 2009
Apr 28, 2009
Term ends
Feb 24, 2030
Feb 24, 2030
Granted
Apr 3, 2012
Apr 3, 2012
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
302
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.
2
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 302 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 Apr 28, 2009, when this application, 12/431,121, was filed | Apr 28, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +302 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 24, 2030 | 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 | Feb 24, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,146,599 | this patent Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 8,905,035 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2009 Reel 22620, frame 669 | Wilson, Roger F.; Mlyn, Marc; De Mooy, Leo G.; Dalbow, Geoffrey; Whitmore, Willet F., III; Ribble, Bruce | Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 25, 2012 Reel 29022, frame 1 | Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc. | Medtec, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 13, 2021 Reel 57957, frame 548 | Medtec, Inc. | Medtec LLC | Entity Conversion |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2030
Term ends Feb 24, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 302 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
91
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.