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Surgical Clip Applicator and Apparatus Including the Same

US 10,758,243 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Endoscopic Technologies, Inc. (Estech), an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jun 16, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Jan 12, 2015 as application 14/594,682 · Granted Sep 1, 2020
Base term plus 703 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2005 2027
Clock starts
Jul 13, 2005
Term ends
Jun 16, 2027
Granted
Sep 1, 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
703
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
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2
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 703 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 1 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 13, 2005, when application 11/180,820, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 12, 2015)Jul 13, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+703 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 16, 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 orderJun 16, 2027High confidence

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US 8,945,151In force
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US 10,758,243this patent
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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
Jan 16, 2015
Reel 34737, frame 264
Salas, AllanBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 16, 2015
Reel 34737, frame 290
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Endoscopic Technologies, Inc. (Estech)Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 27, 2015
Reel 34826, frame 378
Salas, AllanBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Application Number of the Property Being Assigned to Ussn 11/180,820. Previously Recorded on Reel 034737 Frame 0264. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Assignor's Right, Title and Interest In/To Invention for Surgical Clip Applicator & Apparatus Including the Same.
Apr 25, 2016
Reel 38520, frame 62
Atricure, Inc.; Atricure, LLC; Endoscopic Technologies, LLC; Ncontact Surgical, LLCSilicon Valley BankSecond Amended and Restated Joint Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Dec 29, 2016
Reel 41222, frame 218
Endoscopic Technologies, LLCAtricure, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 18, 2018
Reel 47951, frame 496
Atricure, Inc.; Atricure, LLC; Endoscopic Technologies, LLC; Ncontact Surgical, LLCSilicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
Jan 10, 2024
Reel 66256, frame 797
Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanyAtricure, Inc.; Atricure, LLC; Endoscopic Technologies, LLC; Ncontact Surgical, LLC; Sentreheart LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jan 10, 2024
Reel 66267, frame 896
Atricure, Inc.; Atricure, LLC.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Jan 10, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanyAtricure, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 10, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanyAtricure, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jan 10, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanyEndoscopic Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jan 10, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanyNcontact Surgical, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jan 10, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanySentreheart LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jan 28, 2026
Reel 73620, frame 158
Endoscopic Technologies, Inc.; Niners Merger Sub, LLCEndoscopic Technologies, LLCMerger and Change of Name

Sources

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