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System and Method for Plaque Serration

US 11,229,777 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 24, 2025 (Trinity Capital Inc.).

Term ends Mar 20, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Jul 30, 2021 as application 17/389,894 · Granted Jan 25, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2029
Clock starts
Mar 20, 2009
Term ends
Mar 20, 2029
Granted
Jan 25, 2022
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,141,573, to Mar 20, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Jul 30, 2021)Mar 20, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,141,573)resolves to Mar 20, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 20, 2029High confidence

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8 of 12 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 10, 2021
Reel 57140, frame 122
Schneider, Peter; Giasolli, RobertInnovasc LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 10, 2021
Reel 57140, frame 214
Innovasc LLCCagent Vascular, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 17, 2021
Reel 57303, frame 502
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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