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Irrigated Ablation Catheter Having Irrigation Ports with Reduced Hydraulic Resistance

US 10,881,457 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Apr 28, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Mar 12, 2018 as application 15/919,131 · Granted Jan 5, 2021
Base term plus 309 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2030
Clock starts
Apr 28, 2010
Term ends
Apr 28, 2030
Granted
Jan 5, 2021
base term 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
309
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,510,894, US 9,913,685.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
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This patent's term runs 309 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 2 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 Apr 28, 2010, when application 12/769,592, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 12, 2018)Apr 28, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+309 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 3, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,510,894, US 9,913,685)capped to Apr 28, 2030High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 28, 2030High confidence

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US 9,943,362In force
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US 9,510,894In force
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US 9,913,685In force
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US 10,881,457this patent
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US 10,925,667In force
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US 12,076,078In force
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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
Mar 13, 2018
Reel 45181, frame 881
Clark, Jeffrey L.; Tola, JeffryBiosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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