Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 19, 2026 (Bank of America).
Term ends Nov 15, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 8, 2038
Held by Acclarent, Inc.
Filed Jun 8, 2018 as application 16/003,178 · Granted Mar 1, 2022
Base term plus 525 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2039
Clock starts
Jun 8, 2018
Jun 8, 2018
Term ends
Nov 15, 2039
Nov 15, 2039
Granted
Mar 1, 2022
Mar 1, 2022
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
525
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.
9
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 525 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 8, 2018, when this application, 16/003,178, was filed | Jun 8, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +525 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 15, 2039 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 15, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,360,757 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 10,016,938 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 11,260,208 | this patent Nov 2039 | Nov 2039 |
| US 11,141,910 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 11,786,711 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| US 12,121,686 | In force Sep 2039 | Sep 2039 |
| US 12,151,073 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| Application 18/922,321 | Pending not computed | not computed |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2018 Reel 47476, frame 703 | Palushi, Jetmir; Hamlekhan, Azhang; Thinnes, John H., JR. | Acclarent, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 19, 2026 Reel 76710, frame 116 | Acclarent, Inc.; Acell, Inc.; Confluent Surgical, Inc.; Integra Lifesciences Braintree Inc.; Integra Lifesciences Corporation; Surgical Innovation Associates, Inc. | Bank Of America, As Administrative Agent | Grant of Patent Security Interest |
| Oct 20, 2026 Reel 76737, frame 399 | Acclarent, Inc.; Acell, Inc.; Confluent Surgical, Inc.; Integra Lifesciences Braintree Inc.; Integra Lifesciences Corporation; Surgical Innovation Associates, Inc. | Truist Bank, as Notes Collateral Agent | Grant of Patent Security Interest |
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What's changing
Nov 2039
Term ends Nov 15, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 525 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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