Term ends Oct 13, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 26, 2030
Held by Aesculap AG
Filed Oct 19, 2010 as application 12/907,646 · Granted Sep 9, 2014
Base term plus 932 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2032
Clock starts
Mar 26, 2010
Mar 26, 2010
Term ends
Oct 13, 2032
Oct 13, 2032
Granted
Sep 9, 2014
Sep 9, 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
932
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 932 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 Mar 26, 2010, when application 12/748,229, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 19, 2010) | Mar 26, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +932 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 13, 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 | Oct 13, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,419,727 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| US 8,827,992 | this patent Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2011/029958 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,277,962 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 10,130,411 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
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 11, 2011 Reel 27042, frame 958 | Aragon Surgical, Inc. | Aesculap AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 19, 2011 Reel 27086, frame 274 | Koss, Tim; Taimisto, Miriam H.; Varner, Roseanne | Aragon Surgical, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Oct 2032
Term ends Oct 13, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 932 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
337
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.