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Method and Device for Navigating Active Surgical Instruments

US 11,730,549 In force
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Term ends Aug 29, 2034 · Low confidence

Held by Fiagon GmbH
Filed Jul 13, 2021 as application 17/374,865 · Granted Aug 22, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Aug 29, 2014
Term ends
Aug 29, 2034
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
base term fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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 11,109,915, to Aug 29, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.
4
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 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. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 Aug 29, 2014, when application PCT/EP2014/068447, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 13, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Aug 29, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,109,915)resolves to Aug 29, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Further caveats on recordThe record names parents not resolved: 14915318Low confidence overallLow confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 29, 2034Low confidence

This family

US 11,109,915In force
Jul 2037
Jul 2037
US 11,730,549this patent
Aug 2034
Aug 2034
Application 18/218,649Pending
not computed
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3 of 4 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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
Jul 14, 2021
Reel 56857, frame 504
Mucha, DirkFiagon GmbHAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 1, 2022
Reel 59137, frame 218
Fiagon GmbHIntersect Ent GmbHAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 10, 2023
Reel 63590, frame 765
Intersect Ent GmbHFiagon GmbHChange of Name

Sources

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