Term ended May 24, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 21, 2027
Held by Inspiremd, Ltd.
Filed Nov 6, 2015 as application 14/935,339 · Granted Jul 6, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Term ended May 24, 2026
2007
2027
Clock starts
Nov 21, 2007
Nov 21, 2007
Term ended
May 24, 2026
May 24, 2026
Granted
Jul 6, 2021
Jul 6, 2021
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,058,440, US 10,070,977.
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.
10
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 21, 2007, when application PCT/IL2007/001442, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 6, 2015) | Nov 21, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,058,440, US 10,070,977) | capped to May 24, 2026 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 24, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 12/513,851 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,070,976 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 9,132,003 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 9,782,281 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 9,526,644 | In force no later than Nov 2027 | no later than Nov 2027 |
| US 11,051,959 | this patent May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 10,406,006 | In force no later than Nov 2028 | no later than Nov 2028 |
| US 10,406,008 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2016 Reel 37613, frame 795 | Bar, Eli; Holzer, Asher; Paz, Ofir | Inspiremd, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 14, 2016 Reel 38993, frame 533 | Inspire M.D Ltd. | Hercules Capital, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jun 8, 2017 Reel 42654, frame 234 | Hercules Capital, Inc. | Inspiremd, Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,058,440, US 10,070,977.
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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