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Method and Device for Navigating Active Surgical Instruments

US 11,109,915 In force
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Term ends Jul 18, 2037 · High confidence

Held by Fiagon GmbH
Filed Feb 29, 2016 as application 14/915,318 · Granted Sep 7, 2021
Base term plus 1054 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2037
Clock starts
Aug 29, 2014
Term ends
Jul 18, 2037
Granted
Sep 7, 2021
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
1,054
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.
4
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 1054 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 Aug 29, 2014, when application PCT/EP2014/068447, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 29, 2016)Aug 29, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1054 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 18, 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 orderJul 18, 2037High confidence

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US 11,109,915this patent
Jul 2037
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US 11,730,549In force
Aug 2034
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Application 18/218,649Pending
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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
Apr 28, 2016
Reel 38401, frame 718
Mucha, DirkFiagon GmbHAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 1, 2022
Reel 59137, frame 218
Fiagon GmbHIntersect Ent GmbHAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 29, 2023
Reel 65710, frame 229
Intersect Ent GmbHFiagon GmbHChange of Name

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