Lapsed Dec 18, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 4, 2031
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Floshield, Inc.
Filed Dec 15, 2015 as application 14/970,296 · Granted Dec 18, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Dec 18, 2022
2011
2031
Clock starts
Aug 4, 2011
Aug 4, 2011
No longer in force
Dec 18, 2022
Dec 18, 2022
Granted
Dec 18, 2018
Dec 18, 2018
Term would have run to
Aug 4, 2031
Aug 4, 2031
base term
after the term ends
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.
0 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.
3
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Aug 4, 2031: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Aug 4, 2011, when application 13/198,406, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 15, 2015) | Aug 4, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Dec 18, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 18, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,211,059 | In force Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| US 10,154,780 | this patent Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| US 11,696,679 | In force Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2016 Reel 39054, frame 807 | Drach, Gregory P.; Poll, Wayne L. | Minimally Invasive Devices, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 12, 2016 Reel 40709, frame 284 | Minimally Invasive Devices, Inc. | Pacific Western Bank | Security Interest |
| Oct 13, 2017 Reel 43864, frame 814 | Minimally Invasive Devices, Inc. | Floshield, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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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