Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 4, 2014 (Sroncub Technologies, Inc.).
Term ends Jan 30, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 19, 2024
Held by Broncus Medical Inc.
Filed Jan 18, 2006 as application 11/335,263 · Granted Nov 13, 2012
Base term plus 1656 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2029
Clock starts
Jul 19, 2004
Jul 19, 2004
Term ends
Jan 30, 2029
Jan 30, 2029
Granted
Nov 13, 2012
Nov 13, 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
1,656
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.
5
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 1656 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 Jul 19, 2004, when application PCT/US2004/023304, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 18, 2006) | Jul 19, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1656 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 30, 2029 | 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 | Jan 30, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2004/023304 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,308,682 | this patent Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2007/084330 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 12/469,614 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,533,128 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2006 Reel 18445, frame 905 | Kramer, Thomas; Loomas, Bryan; Willink, Christopher; Keast, Thomas; Roschak, Ed | Broncus Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 12, 2012 Reel 28942, frame 821 | Broncus Technologies, Inc. | Broncus Medical Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 16, 2013 Reel 31218, frame 227 | Broncus Medical Inc. | Lifetech Scientific (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.; Dinova Venture Partners LP II, L.P.; Tip-Broncus Limited | Security Agreement |
| Sep 16, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Broncus Medical Inc. | Lifetech Scientific (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. | Security Agreement |
| Sep 16, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Broncus Medical Inc. | Dinova Venture Partners LP II, L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Sep 16, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Broncus Medical Inc. | Tip-Broncus Limited | Security Agreement |
| Jan 9, 2014 Reel 31960, frame 567 | Broncus Medical Inc. | Lifetech Scientific (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.; Dinova Venture Partners LP II, L.P.; Tip-Broncus Limited; Aether Corporate Limited | Security Agreement |
| Jan 9, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Broncus Medical Inc. | Lifetech Scientific (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 9, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Broncus Medical Inc. | Dinova Venture Partners LP II, L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 9, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Broncus Medical Inc. | Tip-Broncus Limited | Security Agreement |
| Jan 9, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Broncus Medical Inc. | Aether Corporate Limited | Security Agreement |
| May 23, 2014 Reel 33012, frame 784 | Lifetech Scientific (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.; Dinova Venture Partners LP II, L.P.; Tip-Broncus Limited; Aether Corporate Limited | Broncus Medical Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 4, 2014 Reel 33085, frame 827 | Broncus Medical, Inc.; Broncus Holding Corporation | Sroncub Technologies, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Apr 12, 2017 Reel 42242, frame 408 | Broncus Medical, Inc.; Broncus Holding Corporation | Sroncub, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name/Receiving Party Name Previously Recorded on Reel 033085 Frame 0827. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Sep 21, 2017 Reel 43949, frame 765 | Sroncub, Inc. | Broncus Medical Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2029
Term ends Jan 30, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1656 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
295
later US patents cite this one
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