Also listed on Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 2, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 22, 2028
Filed Dec 13, 2019 as application 16/714,547 · Granted Sep 26, 2023
Base term plus 778 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
Dec 22, 2008
Dec 22, 2008
Term ends
Jun 2, 2030
Jun 2, 2030
Granted
Sep 26, 2023
Sep 26, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
778
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 8,147,542.
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.
29
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 778 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 22, 2008, when application 12/341,960, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 13, 2019) | Dec 22, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +778 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 8, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,147,542) | capped to Jun 2, 2030 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 2, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,241,351 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 8,147,542 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 8,715,342 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 8,808,368 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 8,252,050 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 8,500,800 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| US 8,545,553 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 8,911,494 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
8 of 29 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2020 Reel 52082, frame 765 | Miller, Eran; Cabiri, Oz; Gross, Yossi; Gross, Amir; Reich, Tal | Valtech Cardio, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 30, 2022 Reel 61587, frame 710 | Valtech Cardio Ltd. | Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd. | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Jun 2030
Term ends Jun 2, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 778 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 8,147,542.
Citations
39
later US patents cite this one
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