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Tissue Cutting Member for a Biopsy Device

US 10,478,161 In force
OverviewFamilySources & methods

Term ends Feb 19, 2027 · High confidence

Held by SenoRx, Inc.
Filed Aug 31, 2017 as application 15/692,242 · Granted Nov 19, 2019
Base term plus 273 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2027
Clock starts
May 22, 2006
Term ends
Feb 19, 2027
Granted
Nov 19, 2019
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
273
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
6
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 273 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 1 maintenance fees is 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 May 22, 2006, when application 11/438,955, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 31, 2017)May 22, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+273 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 19, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 19, 2027High confidence

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US 9,095,325In force
Dec 2029
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Application PCT/US2006/019959PCT application
no patent term
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US 8,641,640In force
Dec 2029
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US 9,750,487Term ended
Oct 2026
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US 10,478,161this patent
Feb 2027
Feb 2027
US 11,426,149Term ended
Oct 2026
Oct 2026
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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