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Arthroscopic Flexible Portal Cannula Device and Delivery System

US 10,085,768 In force
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Term ends Mar 10, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Jun 13, 2017 as application 15/621,925 · Granted Oct 2, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Mar 10, 2014
Term ends
Mar 10, 2034
Granted
Oct 2, 2018
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 10, 2014, when application 14/203,445, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 13, 2017)Mar 10, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderMar 10, 2034High confidence

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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 19, 2017
Reel 42751, frame 875
Kucklick, Theodore R.Cannuflow, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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