Term ends Jan 18, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 18, 2031
Held by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Filed Jan 18, 2011 as application 13/008,514 · Granted Oct 21, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Jan 18, 2011
Jan 18, 2011
Term ends
Jan 18, 2031
Jan 18, 2031
Granted
Oct 21, 2014
Oct 21, 2014
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
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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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 18, 2011, when this application, 13/008,514, was filed | Jan 18, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 18, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,864,644 | this patent Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 9,579,435 | In force no later than Jan 2031 | no later than Jan 2031 |
| US 9,833,552 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 10,124,099 | In force no later than Jan 2031 | no later than Jan 2031 |
| US 10,342,907 | In force no later than Jan 2031 | no later than Jan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2011 Reel 25942, frame 146 | Yomtov, Barry | Heartware, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 22, 2024 Reel 69433, frame 523 | Heartware, Inc. | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2031
Term ends Jan 18, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
151
later US patents cite this one
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