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US 10,688,251 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 27, 2026 (Golub Capital Markets LLC).

Term ends Apr 12, 2037 · High confidence

Held by Avent, Inc.
Filed Sep 3, 2015 as application 14/844,922 · Granted Jun 23, 2020
Base term plus 587 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2037
Clock starts
Sep 3, 2015
Term ends
Apr 12, 2037
Granted
Jun 23, 2020
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
587
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 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.
61
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 587 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 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 Sep 3, 2015, when this application, 14/844,922, was filedSep 3, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+587 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 12, 2037High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 12, 2037High confidence

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no patent term
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Application PCT/US2011/051338PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
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Oct 2031
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US D701,304In force
Mar 2028
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US D690,007In force
Sep 2027
Sep 2027
Application PCT/US2012/053312PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
8 of 61 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 9, 2015
Reel 36519, frame 459
Davis, Benjamin Martin; Ingram, Aaron N.; Costello, Mark M.Neomed, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 9, 2019
Reel 50320, frame 673
Neomed, Inc.Citibank, N.a.Security Interest
Feb 24, 2022
Reel 59242, frame 273
Neomed, Inc.Avent, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 24, 2022
Reel 60441, frame 445
Avent, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 30, 2022
Reel 60557, frame 62
Citibank, N.a.Avent, Inc.; Avanos Medical Sales, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 30, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.a.Avent, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 30, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.a.Avanos Medical Sales, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 27, 2026
Reel 76066, frame 888
Avent, Inc.Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jul 28, 2026
Reel 76077, frame 108
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentAvent, Inc.; Avanos Medical Sales, LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

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