Term ends Feb 4, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 4, 2031
Held by Floshield, Inc.
Filed Dec 18, 2018 as application 16/224,166 · Granted Jul 11, 2023
Base term plus 202 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Aug 4, 2011
Aug 4, 2011
Term ends
Feb 4, 2032
Feb 4, 2032
Granted
Jul 11, 2023
Jul 11, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
202
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,211,059.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
3
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 202 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are 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 Aug 4, 2011, when application 13/198,406, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 18, 2018) | Aug 4, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +202 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 22, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,211,059) | capped to Feb 4, 2032 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 4, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,211,059 | In force Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| US 10,154,780 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| US 11,696,679 | this patent Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2020 Reel 53298, frame 645 | Drach, Gregory P.; Poll, Wayne L. | Minimally Invasive Devices, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 23, 2020 Reel 53298, frame 688 | Minimally Invasive Devices, Inc. | Floshield, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Feb 2032
Term ends Feb 4, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 202 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,211,059.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.