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Access Device

US 9,764,117 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Access Scientific, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jul 13, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Nov 17, 2014 as application 14/543,576 · Granted Sep 19, 2017
Base term plus 86 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2028
Clock starts
Apr 18, 2008
Term ends
Jul 13, 2028
Granted
Sep 19, 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
86
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,105,286, to Jul 13, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
8
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 86 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 2 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 Apr 18, 2008, when application 12/106,196, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 17, 2014)Apr 18, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+86 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 13, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,105,286)resolves to Jul 13, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 13, 2028High confidence

This family

US 8,105,286In force
Dec 2030
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US 8,900,192In force
Aug 2028
Aug 2028
US 9,764,117this patent
Jul 2028
Jul 2028
US 10,441,752In force
Jul 2028
Jul 2028
US 11,291,804In force
Sep 2028
Sep 2028
Application 16/246,490Abandoned
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Application 16/738,316Abandoned
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Application 16/738,310Abandoned
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 11, 2017
Reel 43268, frame 874
Anderson, Janelle; Bierman, Steven F; Huang, Wei; Pluth, Richard AAccess Scientific, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 11, 2017
Reel 43268, frame 972
Access Scientific, Inc.Newco Scientific, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 11, 2017
Reel 43534, frame 815
Newco Scientific, LLCAccess Scientific, LLCChange of Name
Jun 25, 2018
Reel 46420, frame 739
Access Scientific, LLCAccess Scientific, LLCChange of Address
Jan 11, 2019
Reel 47970, frame 148
Access Scientific, LLCProvidien Endeavour Holdings, LLCSecurity Interest
Jul 16, 2019
Reel 49769, frame 615
Bierman, Steven F.; Pluth, Richard A.Access Scientific, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 22, 2019
Reel 49824, frame 876
Providien Endeavor Holdings, LLCAccess Scientific, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 23, 2019
Reel 49834, frame 367
Access Scientific, LLC; Asspv, LLCFortress Credit Corp.Security Interest
Dec 19, 2019
Reel 51335, frame 783
Access Scientific, LLCAsspv, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 12, 2020
Reel 52639, frame 577
Fortress Credit Corp.Access Scientific, LLC; Asspv, LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 12, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Fortress Credit Corp.Access Scientific, LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 12, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Fortress Credit Corp.Asspv, LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 13, 2020
Reel 52656, frame 817
Access Scientific, LLC; Asspv, LLCSmiths Medical Asd, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 16, 2022
Reel 61179, frame 320
Smiths Medical Asd, Inc.Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Oct 2, 2024
Reel 69101, frame 767
Smiths Medical Asd, Inc.ICU Medical, Inc.Merger

Sources

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

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