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Biopsy Device with Aperture Orientation and Improved Tip

US 10,105,125 In force
OverviewFamilySources & methods

Term ends Nov 20, 2028 · High confidence

Held by Senorx, Inc.
Filed Jan 23, 2013 as application 13/747,530 · Granted Oct 23, 2018
Base term plus 1435 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2004 2028
Clock starts
Dec 16, 2004
Term ends
Nov 20, 2028
Granted
Oct 23, 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
1,435
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 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.
9
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 1435 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Dec 16, 2004, when application 11/014,413, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 23, 2013)Dec 16, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1435 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 20, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 20, 2028High confidence

This family

US 9,408,592In force
Jan 2032
Jan 2032
Application PCT/US2004/043021PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 8,360,990Term ended
Dec 2024
Dec 2024
US 8,343,071Term ended
Aug 2025
Aug 2025
Application 12/322,749Abandoned
not computed
not computed
Application PCT/US2010/022993PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,105,125this patent
Nov 2028
Nov 2028
US 11,246,574In force
Dec 2026
Dec 2026
8 of 9 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Sources

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

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