Term ends Nov 9, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 8, 2030
Held by Catheter Wave Innovations LLC
Filed May 7, 2014 as application 14/272,155 · Granted Aug 28, 2018
Base term plus 855 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2032
Clock starts
Jul 8, 2010
Jul 8, 2010
Term ends
Nov 9, 2032
Nov 9, 2032
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Aug 28, 2018
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
855
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.
27
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 855 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 Jul 8, 2010, when application 12/832,932, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 7, 2014) | Jul 8, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +855 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 9, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 9, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,556,813 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,161,768 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 10,058,340 | this patent Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 9,675,368 | In force May 2034 | May 2034 |
| US 9,522,011 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 10,238,405 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 10,639,051 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 11,666,348 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
8 of 27 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2015 Reel 36701, frame 786 | Cioanta, Iulian; Cashman, Christopher M. | Sanuwave, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 7, 2020 Reel 53436, frame 953 | Sanuwave, Inc. | NH Expansion Credit Fund Holdings LP | Security Interest |
| Mar 6, 2024 Reel 66743, frame 406 | North Haven Expansion Credit Fund Holdings LP | Sanuwave, Inc. | Termination and Release |
| Aug 26, 2025 Reel 72125, frame 296 | Sanuwave, Inc. | Vascular Wave LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 10, 2026 Reel 75971, frame 465 | Vascular Wave LLC | Catheter Wave Innovations LLC | Merger |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Nov 2032
Term ends Nov 9, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 855 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2018 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.