Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 3, 2026 (Trinity Capital Inc.).
Term ends May 9, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 14, 2033
Held by Emboline, Inc.
Filed May 14, 2015 as application 14/442,849 · Granted Sep 18, 2018
Base term plus 541 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2035
Clock starts
Nov 14, 2013
Nov 14, 2013
Term ends
May 9, 2035
May 9, 2035
Granted
Sep 18, 2018
Sep 18, 2018
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
541
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 541 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 Nov 14, 2013, when application PCT/EP2013/073895, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 14, 2015) | Nov 14, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +541 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 9, 2035 | 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 | May 9, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,076,400 | this patent May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 11,446,132 | In force no later than Nov 2033 | no later than Nov 2033 |
| US 12,402,997 | In force Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
| Application 19/290,337 | Pending not computed | not computed |
4 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2015 Reel 36058, frame 347 | Krahbichler, Erik | Contego AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 13, 2016 Reel 38587, frame 847 | Contego AB | Swat Medical AB | Change of Name |
| May 13, 2024 Reel 67395, frame 100 | Swat Medical AB | Emboline, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 3, 2026 Reel 75021, frame 909 | Emboline, Inc. | Trinity Capital Inc. | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
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What's changing
May 2035
Term ends May 9, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 541 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
59
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
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