Term ends Dec 17, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 5, 2028
Held by Trimed, Inc.
Filed May 9, 2011 as application 13/103,658 · Granted May 2, 2017
Base term plus 956 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
May 5, 2008
May 5, 2008
Term ends
Dec 17, 2030
Dec 17, 2030
Granted
May 2, 2017
May 2, 2017
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
956
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.
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 956 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 5, 2008, when application 12/114,916, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 9, 2011) | May 5, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +956 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 17, 2030 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 17, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,177,822 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 9,636,157 | this patent Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 8,821,508 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 9,283,010 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 9,089,376 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2011 Reel 26262, frame 31 | Medoff, Robert J. | Tellman, Lars G.; Medoff, David | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 11, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Medoff, Robert J. | Tellman, Lars G. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 11, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Medoff, Robert J. | Medoff, David | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 9, 2018 Reel 45749, frame 192 | Medoff, Robert J.; Tellman, Lars G.; Medoff, David | Trimed, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 29, 2023 Reel 66130, frame 795 | Medoff, Robert J.; Tellman, Lars G.; Medoff, David | Trimed Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 045749 Frame: 0192. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment . |
| Oct 16, 2024 Reel 68916, frame 799 | Trimed Inc. | Trimed, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2030
Term ends Dec 17, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 956 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
83
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2017 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.