Term ends Jun 20, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 12, 2030
Held by Acumed LLC
Filed Oct 12, 2010 as application 12/903,024 · Granted Mar 25, 2014
Base term plus 617 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2032
Clock starts
Oct 12, 2010
Oct 12, 2010
Term ends
Jun 20, 2032
Jun 20, 2032
Granted
Mar 25, 2014
Mar 25, 2014
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
617
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.
12
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 617 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 Oct 12, 2010, when this application, 12/903,024, was filed | Oct 12, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +617 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 20, 2032 | 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 | Jun 20, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,486,114 | In force Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| US 8,679,122 | this patent Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| US 9,775,657 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 9,237,910 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| US 9,241,748 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 9,237,913 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 9,808,297 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 9,421,050 | In force Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2011 Reel 25714, frame 244 | Bernstein, Oren Simon; Song, Howard K.; Legg, Alexander Robson; Gillard, Joel | Acute Innovations, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 21, 2014 Reel 32100, frame 324 | Bernstein, Oren Simon; Song, Howard K.; Legg, Alexander Robson; Gillard, Joel | Acute Innovations LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Name of the Receiving Party Which Had a Typographical Error Previously Recorded on Reel 025714 Frame 0244. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Name of the Receiving Party on the Recordation Form Cover Sheet Incorrectly Listed "Inc." Instead of "Llc". |
| Apr 15, 2024 Reel 67109, frame 145 | Acute Innovations LLC | Acumed LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jun 2032
Term ends Jun 20, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 617 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
214
later US patents cite this one
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