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Method of making an enhanced flexibility neurovascular catheter

US 11,147,949 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 5, 2021 (Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP).

Term ends Nov 10, 2037 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Held by Incept, LLC
Filed Aug 16, 2019 as application 16/542,657 · Granted Oct 19, 2021
Base term plus 259 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Feb 24, 2017
Term ends
Nov 10, 2037
Granted
Oct 19, 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
259
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.
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 runs 259 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Feb 24, 2017, when application 15/442,393, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 16, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Feb 24, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+259 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 10, 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 orderNov 10, 2037Medium 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
Aug 22, 2019
Reel 50149, frame 474
The Stroke Project, Inc.Imperative Care, Inc.Change of Name
Aug 19, 2020
Reel 53539, frame 479
Yang, Yi; Young, Lisa M.The Stroke Project, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 19, 2020
Reel 53539, frame 650
The Stroke Project, Inc.Incept, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 19, 2020
Reel 53539, frame 630
Khosravi, FarhadImperative Care, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 5, 2021
Reel 55506, frame 739
Imperative Care, Inc.Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LPSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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