Term ended Oct 23, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 6, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Vascular Pathways, Inc.
Filed Feb 1, 2021 as application 17/164,653 · Granted Feb 14, 2023
Base term plus 109 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Oct 23, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jul 6, 2006
Jul 6, 2006
Term ended
Oct 23, 2026
Oct 23, 2026
Granted
Feb 14, 2023
Feb 14, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
109
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 1
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.
11
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 109 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 6, 2006, when application PCT/US2006/026671, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 1, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 6, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +109 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 23, 2026 | 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 1 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 23, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,162,037 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,728,035 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 10,806,906 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 10,912,930 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 10,220,191 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 11,020,571 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 11,925,778 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 11,577,054 | this patent Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
8 of 11 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
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What's changing
Note
The 109 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.