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System and Method for Prostate Biopsy

US 9,113,816 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Eigen, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jul 8, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Oct 31, 2012 as application 13/665,595 · Granted Aug 25, 2015
Base term plus 240 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2030
Clock starts
Nov 10, 2009
Term ends
Jul 8, 2030
Granted
Aug 25, 2015
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
240
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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 240 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 10, 2009, when application 12/615,862, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 31, 2012)Nov 10, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+240 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 8, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 8, 2030High confidence

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Application 12/615,862Abandoned
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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
Jun 30, 2015
Reel 36035, frame 800
Kumar, DineshEigen, Inc.Employee Discovery & Proprietary Information Agreement
Jun 30, 2015
Reel 35936, frame 219
Suri, Jasjit S.Eigen, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 7, 2015
Reel 36005, frame 917
Kumar, DineshEigen, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 11, 2018
Reel 45060, frame 919
Eigen, Inc.Kazi Management VI, LLCAsset Purchase Agreement
Jan 12, 2018
Reel 44606, frame 733
Kazi Management VI, LLCKazi, ZubairAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 12, 2018
Reel 44606, frame 859
Kazi, ZubairKazi Management ST. Croix, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 12, 2018
Reel 44607, frame 27
Kazi Management ST. Croix, LLCIGT, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 12, 2018
Reel 44607, frame 623
IGT, LLCZMK Medical Technologies, Inc.Merger
Jan 12, 2018
Reel 45054, frame 925
ZMK Medical Technologies, Inc., a Delaware CorporationZMK Medical Technologies, Inc., a Nevada CorporationAsset Purchase Agreement
Sep 18, 2020
Reel 53815, frame 807
ZMK Medical Technologies, Inc.Eigen Health Services, LLCMerger

Sources

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

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