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Method for Plaque Serration

US 11,141,573 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 24, 2025 (Trinity Capital Inc.).

Term ends Jun 27, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Sep 26, 2016 as application 15/276,575 · Granted Oct 12, 2021
Base term plus 99 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2029
Clock starts
Mar 20, 2009
Term ends
Jun 27, 2029
Granted
Oct 12, 2021
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
99
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
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.
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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 99 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 1 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 Mar 20, 2009, when application 12/408,035, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 26, 2016)Mar 20, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+99 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 27, 2029High 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 27, 2029High confidence

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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
Dec 12, 2017
Reel 44375, frame 337
Schneider, Peter; Giasolli, RobertInnovasc LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 12, 2017
Reel 44375, frame 340
Innovasc LLCCagent Vascular, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 10, 2021
Reel 57159, frame 604
Cagent Vascular, LLCCagent Vascular, Inc.Change of Name
Jan 24, 2025
Reel 70005, frame 936
Cagent Vascular, Inc.Trinity Capital Inc., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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