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Encapsulated Valve System and Method of Use

US 11,719,348 In force
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Term ends May 15, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Jul 20, 2022 as application 17/869,009 · Granted Aug 8, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2029
Clock starts
May 15, 2009
Term ends
May 15, 2029
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,447,888, to May 15, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.
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Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 1 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 15, 2009, when application 12/466,918, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 20, 2022)May 15, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,447,888)resolves to May 15, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 15, 2029High confidence

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US 8,235,067Lapsed on the fee record
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US 8,656,951Lapsed on the fee record
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US 9,447,888In force
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US 10,234,044In force
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US 11,022,223Lapsed on the fee record
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US 12,181,076In force
May 2029
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US 12,253,189In force
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US 11,719,348this patent
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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
Jan 23, 2023
Reel 62447, frame 979
Alpha Bio, Inc.Alphinity, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 23, 2023
Reel 62448, frame 183
Alphinity, LLCRepligen CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 19, 2024
Reel 68636, frame 413
Alphinity, LLCRepligen CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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