Also listed on Broncus Technologies, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 4, 2014 (Sroncub Technologies, Inc.).
Term ends Jun 15, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 17, 2030
Held by Broncus Medical Inc.
Filed Sep 17, 2010 as application 12/884,735 · Granted Apr 15, 2014
Base term plus 637 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2032
Clock starts
Sep 17, 2010
Sep 17, 2010
Term ends
Jun 15, 2032
Jun 15, 2032
Granted
Apr 15, 2014
Apr 15, 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
637
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 637 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 17, 2010, when this application, 12/884,735, was filed | Sep 17, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +637 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 15, 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 15, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2010/049313 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,696,547 | this patent Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2012 Reel 28515, frame 982 | 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 |
| Jun 25, 2020 Reel 53044, frame 404 | Gibbs, Jason David; Wibowo, Henky | Broncus Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jun 2032
Term ends Jun 15, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 637 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
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