Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 31, 2024 (Karl Storz SE & Co. KG).
Term ends Apr 1, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 1, 2031
Held by Asensus Surgical Italia S.R.L.
Filed Dec 30, 2021 as application 17/566,596 · Granted Jan 2, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Apr 1, 2011
Apr 1, 2011
Term ends
Apr 1, 2031
Apr 1, 2031
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Jan 2, 2024
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 11,224,489, to Apr 1, 2031. 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.
10
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 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 Apr 1, 2011, when application PCT/IB2011/051397, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 30, 2021) | Apr 1, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,224,489) | resolves to Apr 1, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Apr 1, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,916,201 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 9,360,934 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 10,028,917 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 10,251,713 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 11,224,489 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 11,857,278 | this patent Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 12,544,163 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
7 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2023 Reel 65444, frame 963 | Morales, Emilio Ruiz; Brasset, Damien; Invernizzi, Paolo | Sofar S.p.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 3, 2023 Reel 65444, frame 873 | Sofar S.p.A. | Transenterix Italia S.R.L. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 6, 2023 Reel 65463, frame 297 | Transenterix Italia S.R.L. | Asensus Surgical Italia S.R.L. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 31, 2024 Reel 69795, frame 381 | Asensus Surgical, Inc.; Asensus Surgical US, Inc.; Asensus Surgical Europe S.À R.L.; Asensus Surgical Italia S.R.L. | Karl Storz SE & Co. KG | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Apr 2031
Term ends Apr 1, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,224,489, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
26
later US patents cite this one
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