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Wearable Insulin Dispensing Device, and a Combination of Such a Device and a Programming Controller

US 8,469,920 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 7, 2023 (Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.).

Term ended Jan 4, 2025 · High confidence

Filed Jun 18, 2010 as application 12/818,830 · Granted Jun 25, 2013
Base term plus 427 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Jan 4, 2025
2003 2026
Clock starts
Nov 4, 2003
Term ended
Jan 4, 2025
Granted
Jun 25, 2013
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
427
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,785,288, to Jan 4, 2025. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
10
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 427 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 4, 2003, when application PCT/DK2003/000753, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 18, 2010)Nov 4, 2023High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+427 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 4, 2025High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,785,288)resolves to Jan 4, 2025, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 4, 2025High confidence

This family

US 7,887,511In force
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US 7,785,288In force
Oct 2027
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US 8,469,920this patent
Jan 2025
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US 8,795,233Term ended
Jan 2026
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US 8,801,655Term ended
Nov 2023
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US 9,295,777Term ended
no later than Nov 2023
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US 9,308,319Term ended
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US 9,757,512Term ended
Nov 2023
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8 of 10 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Mar 1, 2011
Reel 25881, frame 745
Mernoe, Morten; Lyngsie, Michael GormM2 Medical A/SAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 1, 2011
Reel 25881, frame 929
M2 Medical A/SM2 Group Holdings, Inc.Change of Name
Mar 1, 2011
Reel 25882, frame 218
M2 Group Holdings, Inc.Asante Solutions, Inc.Change of Name
Jul 2, 2015
Reel 36047, frame 389
Asante LLCBigfoot Biomedical, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 2, 2015
Reel 36049, frame 175
Asante Solutions, Inc.Asante LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 12, 2021
Reel 55583, frame 44
Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc.Madryn Health Partners, LPSecurity Interest
Feb 10, 2023
Reel 62702, frame 145
Madryn Health Partners, LPMadryn Fund Administration, LLCSecurity Interest
Feb 17, 2023
Reel 62793, frame 316
Madryn Fund Administration, LLCBigfoot Biomedical, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 7, 2023
Reel 63909, frame 826
Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc.Insulet CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 7, 2023
Reel 64840, frame 181
Insulet CorporationMorgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement Supplement
Sep 12, 2024
Reel 68948, frame 172
Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc.Madryn Health Partners, LPSecurity Interest
Sep 12, 2024
Reel 68948, frame 324
Madryn Health Partners, LPMadryn Fund Administration, LLCSecurity Interest
Sep 23, 2024
Reel 69019, frame 142
Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc.Madryn Health Partners, LPSecurity Interest
Sep 23, 2024
Reel 69019, frame 188
Madryn Health Partners, LPMadryn Fund Administration, LLCSecurity Interest
Sep 24, 2024
Reel 69030, frame 104
Madryn Health Partners, LPMadryn Fund Administration, LLCSecurity Interest
Sep 24, 2024
Reel 69030, frame 296
Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc.Madryn Health Partners, LPSecurity Interest
Sep 30, 2024
Reel 69073, frame 912
Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc.Madryn Health Partners, LPSecurity Interest
Sep 30, 2024
Reel 69074, frame 1
Madryn Health Partners, LPMadryn Fund Administration, LLCSecurity Interest
Jan 10, 2025
Reel 69870, frame 456
Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc.Madryn Health Partners, LPSecurity Interest
Jan 10, 2025
Reel 69870, frame 519
Madryn Health Partners, LPMadryn Fund Administration, LLCSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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