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Rigid Arthroscope System

US 8,226,548 in-force PSIP2 LLC · Filed Jul 7, 2007 · Granted Jul 24, 2012

Also listed on Cannuflow Inc, which filed it. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Nov 26, 2030

Base term plus 1238 days of PTA
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expires Nov 2030
2007 2030
Clock starts
Jul 7, 2007
Granted
Jul 24, 2012
Term ends
Nov 26, 2030
base term patent term adjustment fee events Computed Sep 1, 2026 · countdowns run from that date · how we know
1,238
Days of PTA
1
Applications in this family

This patent's term runs 1238 days past the statutory base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. Confidence: High. from the record

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Every step shows its rule, its input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisionalClock starts Jul 7, 2007Jul 7, 2027High
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh
Patent term adjustment+1238 days, USPTO PTA recordNov 26, 2030High
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidin-forceHigh
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 26, 2030High

The computation, verbatim

base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2007-07-07+20y | =2027-07-07 | PTA+1238d=2030-11-26 | PTE:none | TD:none | paid 4yr@2016-01-25,8yr@2020-01-24,12yr@2024-01-24 | status=in-force@2030-11-26

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
Sep 26, 2007
reel/frame not recorded
Kucklick, Theodore R.Cannuflow, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 25, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Cannuflow, Inc.Pristine Surgical LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 6, 2021
Reel 56765, frame 708
Pristine Surgical LLCPiney Lake Opportunities Eci Master Fund LP, as AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 2, 2022
Reel 60254, frame 452
Pristine Surgical LLCPSIP2 LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 29, 2022
Reel 61006, frame 252
PSIP2 LLCPiney Lake Opportunities Eci Master Fund LP, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
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