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Wedge Dissectors for a Medical Balloon

US 11,266,818 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 24, 2025 (Trinity Capital Inc.).

Term ends Sep 16, 2036 · High confidence

Filed Jul 30, 2021 as application 17/390,078 · Granted Mar 8, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Sep 16, 2016
Term ends
Sep 16, 2036
Granted
Mar 8, 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
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Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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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.
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 16, 2016, when application 15/268,407, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 30, 2021)Sep 16, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderSep 16, 2036High 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 10, 2021
Reel 57140, frame 91
Giasolli, Robert M.; Schneider, Peter; Johansson, PeterCagent 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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