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Ablation System with Automated Ablation Energy Element

US 11,389,236 In force
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Term ends Jan 1, 2040 · High confidence

Filed Jan 15, 2019 as application 16/248,545 · Granted Jul 19, 2022
Base term plus 351 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2040
Clock starts
Jan 15, 2019
Term ends
Jan 1, 2040
Granted
Jul 19, 2022
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
351
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.
6
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 351 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 15, 2019, when this application, 16/248,545, was filedJan 15, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+351 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 1, 2040High 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 orderJan 1, 2040High confidence

This family

Application 62/617,483Provisional application
no patent term
no patent term
Application 62/691,864Provisional application
no patent term
no patent term
US 11,389,236this patent
Jan 2040
Jan 2040
Application PCT/US2019/013688PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 11,883,094In force
no later than Jan 2039
no later than Jan 2039
Application 18/393,371Abandoned
not computed
not computed
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
May 10, 2019
Reel 49149, frame 356
Cardiofocus, Inc.Kennedy Lewis Investment Management LLCIntellectual Property Security Agreement
May 26, 2021
Reel 56359, frame 406
Melsky, Gerald; Estabrook, Brian; Baxter, Lincoln; Babko-malyi, Sergei; Green, Ronald; Dicesare, PaulCardiofocus, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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