Also listed on Asensus Surgical US, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 31, 2024 (Karl Storz SE & Co. KG).
Term ends Aug 9, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 21, 2032
Held by Asensus Surgical Europe S.À.R.L.
Filed Apr 7, 2017 as application 15/481,496 · Granted Dec 15, 2020
Base term plus 353 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Aug 21, 2012
Aug 21, 2012
Term ends
Aug 9, 2033
Aug 9, 2033
Granted
Dec 15, 2020
Dec 15, 2020
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
353
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.
23
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 353 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 21, 2012, when applications PCT/IL2012/000309 and PCT/IL2012/000310, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Apr 7, 2017) | Aug 21, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +353 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 9, 2033 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 9, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,204,939 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 10,092,164 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 9,504,456 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 9,757,204 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 9,757,206 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 9,937,013 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 10,039,609 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 10,028,792 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
8 of 23 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2017 Reel 42286, frame 850 | Atarot, Gal; Frimer, Motti; Nir, Tal; Alpert, Lior | M.S.T. Medical Surgery Technologies Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 10, 2019 Reel 47947, frame 438 | M.S.T. Medical Surgery Technologies Ltd. | Transenterix Europe, S.a.r.l. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 1, 2024 Reel 66959, frame 274 | Transenterix Europe S.À.R.L. | Asensus Surgical Europe S.À.R.L. | Change of Name |
| Dec 31, 2024 Reel 69795, frame 381 | Asensus Surgical, Inc.; Asensus Surgical US, Inc.; Asensus Surgical Europe S.À R.L.; Asensus Surgical Italia S.R.L. | Karl Storz SE & Co. KG | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Aug 2033
Term ends Aug 9, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 353 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
385
later US patents cite this one
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