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Metal Alloys for Medical Devices

US 11,779,685 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends May 5, 2035 · High confidence

Held by Mirus LLC
Filed Oct 20, 2022 as application 17/969,937 · Granted Oct 10, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
May 5, 2015
Term ends
May 5, 2035
Granted
Oct 10, 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 11,266,767, US 11,504,451, to May 5, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
37
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. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 5, 2015, when application PCT/US2015/029213, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 20, 2022)May 5, 2035High 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 11,266,767, US 11,504,451)resolves to May 5, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 5, 2035High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2015/029213PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 11,266,767In force
Apr 2036
Apr 2036
US 11,504,451In force
May 2035
May 2035
Application 17/586,270Pending
not computed
not computed
Application PCT/US2022/038698PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application 17/876,282Abandoned
not computed
not computed
Application PCT/US2022/039576PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 11,779,685this patent
May 2035
May 2035
8 of 37 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
Apr 23, 2026
Reel 74450, frame 277
Patel, Udayan; Roth, NoahIcon Medical Corp.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 23, 2026
Reel 74450, frame 443
Icon Medical Corp.Mirus LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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